Color print film developing ...

peter k. · Dec 3, 2023

Doubt it, but wondered if you could use the same chemicals for color negative film developing for semi stand developing?

If not what would you suggest?

Background ...

Never developed color print film before, but have some old Kodak Color Print 35mm Max 800 around, ... long expired, ... and lately have been experimenting with Semi Stand development for B&W and thought maybe we give it it a try with color.

But all we have on hand is a C-41 for developing color negative but thought we ask

koraks · Dec 3, 2023

Try it. It's not intended for it and since it's a fairly concentrated, active developer, I don't think it's very likely to be successful, but don't let it stop you from experimenting.

Rudeofus · Dec 7, 2023

The recommended color developer for Kodak's color print films is CD-2, which is not all that different from CD-4, at least a lot closer to CD-4 than to CD-3. If that film is long expired, you should watch out for age fog more than trying to squeeze out the last bit of film speed. Not sure whether semi stand development is the best possible way to achieve this ...

lamerko · Dec 7, 2023

The balance of print films is... too weird if you want to shoot them with a camera. Inappropriate chemistry will be the least "evil" in this case.
However, there is confusion here with the inscriptions - this is not "color print film", but "film for color print". The process is C-41, but given the age and generally large grain - I wouldn't expect much from MAX 800

peter k. · Dec 7, 2023

Thanks for the replies ... were going to basically chuck it, but fer the 'ell of it thought we try some cross processing with a roll using some xtol developer.

Doubt will get any real results, but thought we give it a try for the heck of it, as will have some dark color cast in the negative.

Any crazy suggestions for dilation mix and time?

Don_ih · Dec 7, 2023

The fact is, the silver content of colour film is so low it's almost impossible to overdevelop it. You'll be battling against a whole lot of density trying to scan it, also.

peter k. · Dec 7, 2023

Makes sense, we shot a couple of shots on a roll in the camera, but will just take it out and chuck it, and throw the other two rolls of Max 800 we have out with it.

Just a waste of time ... moving on to greener pastures.

_T_ · Dec 8, 2023

If you already have images on one of your rolls I would certainly develop it and see if the images are salvageable. Even one good image is worth more than the time effort and chemistry it would cost to process the film.

But I wouldn't shoot the other rolls.

As for how to process the film. I would process it normally and hope for the best. Any kind of experimentation is just another way that you might destroy the images.

mshchem · Dec 8, 2023

peter k. said:
Makes sense, we shot a couple of shots on a roll in the camera, but will just take it out and chuck it, and throw the other two rolls of Max 800 we have out with it.

Just a waste of time ... moving on to greener pastures.

Something you're never going to get back is wasted time.

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