andrew prickett
It's quite scientific
So this is actually kind of fun I guess. This is my C41, color film workflow so far. It's been a bit of trial and error trying to maintain a consistent 102F for 3.5 min.
This is how I do it so far. Put water in this pot just enough to cover the 250ml of liquids in the measuring cups. Put pot on stove with flame on high to get a good rolling boil. Once it gets boiling, reduce flame to medium. When the temp in cups gets to about 95F, turn off heat otherwise the temp gets too hot and it takes longer to cool off than to heat up. Remove cups from water when they reach 102F. First step is just water for 1 min to heat up film and tank. This helps maintain temp for developer. 2nd, developer for 3.5 min. Developer will cool to about 95F in that amount of time which isn't good. So I put the tank in the water pot in between agitations. Keeps the temp from falling too fast. 3rd step is the bleach/ fix (blix) for 6.5 min. The good thing is that you can be between 95 and 105F for this step. 4th is wash for 1 min followed by stabilizer for 1.5 min. Done!
Also, I have always used Kodak black and white developers like HC110, D76 and Xtol for b&w film. To shake things up a bit and keep it interesting, I got some Rodinal. Never used it before and still haven't. Good times. This is definitely a labor of love.
Update: Roll number 3 following this method turned out some funky greenish colors on Portra 160. Not sure why. I'll keep this photo updated.
It's quite scientific
So this is actually kind of fun I guess. This is my C41, color film workflow so far. It's been a bit of trial and error trying to maintain a consistent 102F for 3.5 min.
This is how I do it so far. Put water in this pot just enough to cover the 250ml of liquids in the measuring cups. Put pot on stove with flame on high to get a good rolling boil. Once it gets boiling, reduce flame to medium. When the temp in cups gets to about 95F, turn off heat otherwise the temp gets too hot and it takes longer to cool off than to heat up. Remove cups from water when they reach 102F. First step is just water for 1 min to heat up film and tank. This helps maintain temp for developer. 2nd, developer for 3.5 min. Developer will cool to about 95F in that amount of time which isn't good. So I put the tank in the water pot in between agitations. Keeps the temp from falling too fast. 3rd step is the bleach/ fix (blix) for 6.5 min. The good thing is that you can be between 95 and 105F for this step. 4th is wash for 1 min followed by stabilizer for 1.5 min. Done!
Also, I have always used Kodak black and white developers like HC110, D76 and Xtol for b&w film. To shake things up a bit and keep it interesting, I got some Rodinal. Never used it before and still haven't. Good times. This is definitely a labor of love.
Update: Roll number 3 following this method turned out some funky greenish colors on Portra 160. Not sure why. I'll keep this photo updated.