Re: another newbie question

On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:59:06 GMT, "Smed" <gsx1300r_busa@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

hard as i feared.. i imagine color developing is more in depth, but thats
half the fun...

C-41 is as easy as B&W, so long as you have a tempering bath to hold
the chemistry at 38C for the duration of the developing step. A
washtub will do.

Tetental's C-41 Rapid chemistry is really easy - Preheat dry tank in
tempering path for 5:00. Color dev @ 38C +- 1/3 degree C for 3:15.
Blix for 4:00 @ 38C +- 1C. Continuous wash for 5:00.

Kodak Flexicolor's only slight more complex, because the bleach and
fixer are separate baths.

E-6 can be a complex beast if you're using the 6-bath (1st dev, rinse,
reversal, color dev, pre-bleach, bleach, fixer) process, which I
recommend. I wouldn't try it using a non-thermostatically controlled
bath and hand agitation, myself. The rapid 3-bath processes (1st dev,
color dev/reversal, blix) can be done similar to C-41, but they don't
produce optimal results.
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