advice needed on c-41 chem

[vedmak]

Freestyle has arista, unicolor and rollei kits, which is best as far as quality of the negs?

 

[vedmak]

forgot to mention, I am using jobo cpe and 35mm film, if that makes any difference.

 

[fotch]

I have not used any of them however, plan to order either the Rollei kit or the Kodak kit from Photographers' Formulary. The reason is I don't think using Blix is as good (in those other kits) as the original Kodak method. Shipping cost ways in favor of Freestyle. I would of thought that you could find something local in Chicago but things are different now. Good Luck.

 

[kerne]

The Kodak kit from the Formulary is excellent, as well as the Rollei kit. A separate bleach/fix is generally preferred over a blix. In any case, it's also recommended to add a stabilizer on the end. I use PE's mix with formalin and photo-flo (there was a url link here which no longer exists). Found 37% formalin cheap from a pet store (it's used to treat fish parasites).

 

[wildbill]

The Kodak kit from the Formulary is excellent, as well as the Rollei kit. A separate bleach/fix is generally preferred over a blix. In any case, it's also recommended to add a stabilizer on the end. I use PE's mix with formalin and photo-flo (there was a url link here which no longer exists). Found 37% formalin cheap from a pet store (it's used to treat fish parasites).

stabilizer isn't needed for new c41 films, only older c41 films which would be long expired by now, I have been mixing my own (formalin isn't healthy for you btw).


regarding which is kit better, do a search here, it's been discussed to death.
the formulary kit isn't that cost effective if you use it with the listed capacity. I use the rollei 50 roll kit in my jobo.

 

[fotch]

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the formulary kit isn't that cost effective if you use it with the listed capacity. I use the rollei 50 roll kit in my jobo.

If I may ask, where do you get the rollei 50 roll kit?

 

[vedmak]

thank you all for the input, I did read other threads as well, just wanted to know what is the current preference.

 

[vedmak]

yep, it is a shame that even Helix Camera are down to 4 devs from Kodak, and only for B&W

 

[Sirius Glass]

I have only used the Unicolor kit in my Jobo CPP2 and the results were excellent.

 

[wildbill]

If I may ask, where do you get the rollei 50 roll kit?

freestlyle photo but there are other sources for it as well.

http://www.google.com/search?q=roll...s=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

 

[fotch]

My info may be wrong, I thought they could not get the 50 roll kit. Maybe just out of stock.