![]() ![]() In the early 1970’s, just as Eastman Kodak was getting ready to move from the E4 to E6 process for Ektachrome, the “Big Two” in Japan (Fuji Photo Film and Sakura by Konica.) were producing Fujichrome and Sakurachrome R100 for the domestic market. Here’s a bit of film history from the E4 days of color slide film. All freezer kept and all totally undevelopable to their original full color glory. ![]() There were a ton of rolls, but among them were several hundred rolls of Kodachrome 64. He ran a studio and was retiring, so had no more use for his collection of film. It started many years ago when I was offered a large stash of film for simply the cost of shipping by a friend of mine. And I’m going to take you through the story of my descent into madness right here. Well, I’m here to tell you that those rumors are (mostly) true. It was said that if you spun around 3 times counterclockwise and offered an F/0.75 lens on the correct altar he would appear and grant your deepest of desires: developing your freezer kept stash of Kodachrome film in color. In 2016 rumors rose of a madman with the unholy power to raise Kodachrome from the dead and develop it in color long after Kodak had given up, long after all the labs across the globe ended support for it. When Kodak finally killed Kodachrome in 2009 after 74 years in production due to the rise of digital and - as rumor has it - it’s environmental impact, there was gnashing of teeth and much angry posting in dark corners of the internet, but most people moved on. Well, the last box did go bad with only a half used.They took my Kodachrome away.so I brought it back - EMULSIVE Close Search for: The 3.5 gallon sized developer unopened could last nearlyġ0 years. I was able to use up almost the entire 3.5 gallon with no problems. Each time I mixed only a liter or two at a time. I was able to use a few boxes of 3.5 gallon sized Kodak C-41 developer concentrate for over a year for each box. Had any problems and never changed to anything else. The ATL processor does make thingsĪ lot more automated but without it I could still produce beautiful A few months of searching of Ebay finally ended Years of C-41 processing like that eventually tipped me into buyingĪ JOBO processor. ManualĪgitation was given once every 15 seconds. Into the tank and started one processing run in the sink. If temperature was right then I poured the developer By the time when my film is loaded in the developing reel in the developing tank the developer is prewarmed to about 105 degree.īefore I started I checked the temperature of my developer in the developer bottle in the large cookey jar and the temperature of water I prewarm my C-41 developer bottle in there when I loaded my film in another room. I used a large plastic cookie jar as another water bath filled with 120 degree water. At the end of my color development theīath is still about 98 degrees. I used to use my bathroom sink filled with 103 - 105 degree water asĪ temp bath to begin with. But it takes 3 min and 15 seconds at 100 degree F. Temperature/time critical step is the first step, the color development. Reason C-41 processing can be easily done at home is because the only Just about nothing if you already have B&W processing gears. Suggest to process your C-41 negs with simple stainless steel ![]()
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