ADOX C-TEC E-6 Kit now shipping

[ADOX Fotoimpex]

Our new C-TEC E-6 Kits are now shipping from our facilities in Germany. You can order online or wait for it to be listed at your distributor of choice. Many distributors orders are also shipping out today.

Thank you everyone for supporting us and posting in the Thedodor Teichgräber revival thread. The top two picks are back now.

 

[loccdor]

Thank you for making these important materials available. I will try a kit and see how it compares to what I currently use.

 

[bags27]

Yipee!

 

[TimKr]

Thanks for making this! I just recently developed two films (E100 and a leftover Sensia 100) with the kit and it came out amazing. I can't see a difference to a kit with more baths or lab development.

 

[loccdor]

Shipment was delayed to distributor in USA - they estimate it to be available mid March.

 

[mshchem]

Very good news!

 

[loccdor]

I finally mixed and developed with the Adox E-6 kit. The slides look very good. I should be able to put 9-12 rolls through it by the end of May, will try to report on how it does with extended use.

There are no paper instructions shipped with the kit, is my only minor gripe.

 

[Donald Qualls]

There are no paper instructions shipped with the kit,

Almost certainly a cost saving measure, since they'd want/need to keep a web version of the instructions anyway.

 

[koraks]

Almost certainly a cost saving measure

I think it may have to do with versioning as well. If you put a paper leaflet into the box, you need to replace it or add an erratum in every box as soon as you realize you want to update / correct it in some way. It also makes it easier to offer multi-lingual instructions without having those awkward leaflets/booklets that seem very substantial, until you realize that there are only a few sentences in your particular language and the rest is in Malaysian, Swahili and Frisian. Finally, there's a (debatable) sustainability implication of adding more paper to the product - although of course this is kind of insignificant in relation to the box, the bottle, the contents and the shipping etc.

 

[blee1996]

Ordered the 1L version from freestyle, look forward to trying it after finishing my last Tetanal kit.

 

[Donald Qualls]

I think it may have to do with versioning as well. If you put a paper leaflet into the box, you need to replace it or add an erratum in every box as soon as you realize you want to update / correct it in some way. It also makes it easier to offer multi-lingual instructions without having those awkward leaflets/booklets that seem very substantial, until you realize that there are only a few sentences in your particular language and the rest is in Malaysian, Swahili and Frisian. Finally, there's a (debatable) sustainability implication of adding more paper to the product - although of course this is kind of insignificant in relation to the box, the bottle, the contents and the shipping etc.

All of those are important, but in the end they all boil down to cost saving. It's always easier to keep a web page updated than to keep paper documents updated (and destroy/reprint them when there's a substantial change -- errata aren't reliable). And what's easier (in terms of person-hours) is cheaper. The downside is that if the web support is lost or abandoned, there's no documentation remaining -- but for a perishable item like a chemical kit, that's not necessarily a completely bad thing.

 

[loccdor]

I like having the paper instructions so I'm not running back and forth between the computer and the developing tank. But I suppose I can just print a copy or write them down.

 

[loccdor]

Extending time to 7, 7, and 8 minutes for development of 135-36 films four through six has once again resulted in excellent looking slides. I am now two weeks from the initial mixing date. Kit has been stored in ordinary plastic one liter darkroom bottles.

 

[loccdor]

3rd development update:

Films 7 and 8, 3 weeks after mixing kit.

Used times 7:30, 9, and 9. This appeared to be a little too long. That makes sense: it's a minute longer than recommended by Adox's PDF. Better to go by Adox's instructions. I think it resulted in something like a half stop push.

Noted that the first developer is cloudy but did not lose any potency.