16 mm film developing

[Ricardo]

I'm searching for online help on developing 16mm film.
In this case for B/W reversal film

I've got Fomapan R 100 ft ISO 100, but it's at expired from nov 2002
Can i still use it ?
I can't find any place that develops them so i thought i could do it myself.
How and what do i need ? (i did a search but didn't find any guide)

Thanks,
Ricardo

[Actor]

I talked to these people on the phone and they said they could do it.

http://www.filmvideoservices.net/

[portosuper8]

Ricardo,

I guess you're in Europe, try http://www.andecfilm.de

Talk with Ludwig Draser,

Se és português, vê a página http://cinemapobre.no.sapo.pt

[monobath]

You can still use that film that expired in 2002. If it has been kept frozen, you're unlikely to notice the difference compared to fresh film. If it has been kept at room temperature, it may still be pretty decent as long as it was not kept in very hot conditions.

I'd definitely use it for casual filming. Probably not the best choice for anything critical.

[wahiba]

There is a page on my site http://www.siltec.co.uk scanned from an old book on home processing movie film. Many of them are simple enought to make, but using, that is a different thing.

[wahiba]

The full link to my processing info.
http://www.siltec.co.uk/amovies/prom/prom300.htm

[moviemat]

In the UK you can get chemicals specifically for Foma stock at http://www.retrophotographic.co.uk and Super 8 Reveral Lab in the netherlands did a good job processing it for me once (can't remember the URL)

Mat

[audadvnc]

What is so different about Fomapan R? I've read several posts on the Internet saying it needs special chemicals and cannot be developed as negative.

Can someone give an explanation or a URL?

[BigBeaner]

http://www.cinelab.com Cinelab in Boston handles a lot.

[ccortez]

Film and Video Services did a great job w/2 16mm Foma for me last week. They develop Fomapan on Thursdays.

c.

[ccortez]

What is so different about Fomapan R? I've read several posts on the Internet saying it needs special chemicals and cannot be developed as negative.

Can someone give an explanation or a URL?

There was a thread about this very recently, but I'm too tired to...

IIRC it was said in that thread that Fomapan R is in fact the only b/w film that cannot be developed as negative.

c.

[christoph]

What is so different about Fomapan R? I've read several posts on the Internet saying it needs special chemicals and cannot be developed as negative.

it has a anti-halo layer made out of solid siver, so in order to get proper results you MUST have a bleach step that dissolves it. negative processing doesnt involve any bleach so you end up with a very dense negative.

as for reversal processing, i can't imaging that the process is much different than the kodak one, you'll have to experiment with the first and second developer times but otherwise it should be nearly identical (disclaimer: that's an educated guess, never did it myself)

check kodaks h2415 publication for the new for the D-94A process, although i could imagine that you get identical or even better results with the old D-94 process.

also, search the newsgroups for martin baumgartens posts about processing fomapan.

++ christoph ++