I hope not to stir up too much controversy with question, but here goes anyway.
It has been many since I have processed color film. It has been so long that all of the chemical that I used before came in yellow boxes. I recently construct a temperature controlled water bath in preparation for developing C41 and E6 films. I don't remember what kind of storage life that I got with them previously. I would like to get a feel for how long properly mixed and stored C41 and E6 will last before going south. Here are my assumptions: distilled water used for all, storage temperature between 60 and 70 degrees F, glass or darkroom specific storage bottles used with an inert cover gas after mixing and each use.
That's it. Any input would be appreciated.
It has been many since I have processed color film. It has been so long that all of the chemical that I used before came in yellow boxes. I recently construct a temperature controlled water bath in preparation for developing C41 and E6 films. I don't remember what kind of storage life that I got with them previously. I would like to get a feel for how long properly mixed and stored C41 and E6 will last before going south. Here are my assumptions: distilled water used for all, storage temperature between 60 and 70 degrees F, glass or darkroom specific storage bottles used with an inert cover gas after mixing and each use.
That's it. Any input would be appreciated.