The proposed title is: CineStill CS41 Liquid Developing Quart Kit for Processing C-41 Color Negative Film

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In a pinch, the cold water from your tap will have fewer contaminants in solution than hot water, since cold water comes straight from the source. Using a water rinse before the blix will help the solution keep longer. 3. Rinse or use a stop bath after the developer Here are my top 6 tips for extending the capacity of color-developing kits. Using these, you’ll be able to get more than the rated value out of any color film home developing kit, including Cinestill CS41, Arista, Unicolor, Flic Film (with separate bleach and fix), or Tetanal kits in both liquid or powder formats. Color developer stored in a local brewer’s growler bottle. I make markings on the tape to show how many films have been developed with this solution. Every film used increases the colour developing time by 2%. 1. Store the chemicals in air-tight glass bottles Above is a photo of my film to be developed. The top bag of film contains exposed ECN-2 Kodak Vision3 motion picture film. This includes Vision3 50D, 200T and 500T films. I bulk load these 35mm films then cross process in the Tetenol C41 chemicals. The Color Developer: To make 1 L of developer I followed the instructions printed on the bottle. You will need warm water (49°C), a large measuring cylinder (1 L), a small measuring cylinder (100 ml) and a syringe (provided with the kit). The volumes for making up 1 L of developer are:

For the first four rolls, the development time is 8 minutes. This increases to 9 minutes for rolls 5-8, 10 minutes for rolls 9-12 and, finally, 11 minutes for rolls 13-16. For example if the chemicals are 40 degrees celcius (from the bath of warm water I use) I just tip the solution from a greater height into the Paterson tank to “air cool” the liquid closer to the recommended 38 degrees. Another option is to let the pre-warmed Paterson tank cool a little before adding the slightly too warm chemicals. I forget how easy colour film developing is! If you’ve ever bought a color film developing kit, one of the first things you’ll notice is that the rated capacity may be lower than you’d like. For example, the rated capacity of the popular Cinestill CS41 Quart (1L) kit is only 8 rolls. It is absolutely possible to develop film in cold water, but you’ll have the best, most reliable results when developing it at the optimal temperature as outlined in the kit. This doesn’t necessarily extend the life of the chemical, but it does ensure that the results are consistent from roll to roll.

The company also supplies film accessories, including a small precision water temperature bath to keep C41 and E6 chemicals at the perfect temperature for developing film. All in all, Flic Film is poised to upset the film industry by selling better products at a lower price point. It’s possible to find their products across Canada, and will soon be possible to find all across the United States. What is the problem with blix? Vision3 film needs the remjet removing so it can’t be lab developed). ( See how to remove remjet). If you want to get Vision3 film with the Remjet already removed just buy CineStill 50D or Cinestill 800T. Fixer: To make 700 ml of fixer I followed the instructions printed on the bottle. You will need warm water (32-40°C), a large measuring cylinder (1L), a smaller measuring cylinder (the same 100 ml cylinder from before works fine). The volumes for making up 700 ml of fixer are: Fixer concentrate (140 ml) + Water (560 ml). Mix well and store in a clearly labeled bottle. You can at any time make a request to Film Foto Store to find out what personal information we hold concerning you. You may at any time, and by request, modify this information.

While it’s hard to truly quantify the difference between the rolls as you keep using the blix kit, there are some subtle differences. To test this, I shot an entire roll of Kodak Portra 800 in 35mm with the same image, and then developed sections of the film with the first round and the 9th round of using this developing solution.

The chemicals I use for developing colour film is the 2.5 litre tetenal C41 kit. This is a box of 6 bottles which you mix together to make up three solutions – developer, blix and stabilizer. One litre solution is said to be sufficient to develop 16-18 rolls of film but I normally do slightly fewer rolls than this. Usually I run out of time or interest by that stage even when working with multiple Paterson developing tanks. Tetenal C41 kit shelf life Flip tank gently 4 times every 30 seconds. Tap tank gently on the edge of the sink to pop the bubbles that could have formed inside during flipping. You will repeat these steps every 30 seconds for 3 minutes exactly. Do not go over that unless you are planning on pushing your film. As there are plenty of resources that will explain how to use a dark bag, how to spool your film on a developing reel, how to use a developing tank, how to hang your film to dry, etc. I will solely focus on the development process in this tutorial. Materials You'll Need With services ranging from ‘Development Only’ through to ‘High-Res’ Digital Scans – you are sure to find the service which you require. There are certain bits of film developing kit that you must have but you can cut corners in other areas.