Confusing Instructions.

Processing Velvia 100

Just to make another assessment after processing a cassette of Velvia 100 with the Tetenal 1 ltr kit. (Previously I only tried it on CR200) The 7.5 minute 1st developer does seem to be a little long, so for the next time I will reduce it by 15 seconds. Whilst the resulting Transparencies had a good black, the highlights were a little thin, more so than I would have expected even with Velvia with its inherent higher contrast. I will be able make a better judgement once they are mounted and projected.

No extended FD time for Fuji films in Tetenal

Hi all,

Mr BMbikerider, sorry I missed your thread, or, as a user of Tetenal E6 kit with Jobo processor, I would have reacted earlier.
We discussed rather extensively the inconsistancy problem of First developer Time with Tetenal 3 bath kit in the past, an interesting thread is here :
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

Read in particular the third page, where I made a little test using 6:30 and 7:30 times for First Developer with Provia 100F.
My conclusion was in the opposite of what I believed first: don't use extended time for Fuji films !

One can say that the difference is rather narrow, but I my conclusion is that the "pro"-line of Fuji film is rather forgiving concerning an extra minute of development.
Things are different when processing "consumer-grade" film like Sensia 200 : I learned it the hard way when I got blown highlight and a green cast on Sensia processed 7:30 in FD.

Hope this helps,

Best regards,

Raphael