(Cross)Process E-4 film in C-41 chemicals?

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Dirb9

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Has anyone tried (cross) processing E-4 films in C-41 chemicals? I grabbed a roll of exposed Ektachrome (Says ektachrome type B, found it listed in an old dataguide as process E-4) film at the PSPCS show yesterday, mostly for the spool, but I figured I could try and process it, I just set up a water bath in the past couple weeks and have had good luck with regular C-41 film (Thanks bvy for the info on C-41!). I know that I'd have to run the process at maybe 70-75 degrees with the concomitant increase in developing time to avoid the emulsion softening, but would I still get a somewhat usable image? Or is it unlikely enough to work that if I want the images on the film I should just go and process in HC-110b? I figure the film is old enough that I don't really care about accurate color/it's not going to be accurate anyways.
 

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The E4 process was at 85 degF with a prehardener, but the C41 process is at 100F. You will severely reticulate your film at best. It can be done either at 85F with a prehardener or at lower temps with other precautions.

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Okay, thank you, I appreciate the information. I'll stick with black and white.
 

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I've done it twice now. Interesting to try, but not something I would do regularly.

Somewhat bizarre and unpredictable color shifts.

120 example below "Under a Dusty Rose Sky" :


A27678_002.jpg
 

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I've done it twice now. Interesting to try, but not something I would do regularly.

Somewhat bizarre and unpredictable color shifts.

120 example below "Under a Dusty Rose Sky" :


A27678_002.jpg
I like the shot but it looks like the color shift is minimal and could be pretty well cancelled out with a bit more work. Details?
 

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I've done it twice now. Interesting to try, but not something I would do regularly.

Somewhat bizarre and unpredictable color shifts.

120 example below "Under a Dusty Rose Sky" :


A27678_002.jpg

Looks good, Daria!!
Really good.

Which film was it?
 

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I like the shot but it looks like the color shift is minimal and could be pretty well cancelled out with a bit more work. Details?

Yes, I know I could play around with the sliders in Photoshop/Gimp and make it look more normal, but, strange as it may seem, I like most of the effects of it. It's not something I would do everyday but for once every few years I can appreciate it.

Looks good, Daria!!

Jeez, I'm never gonna live that down! :smile: At least somebody gets it. :smile:

Which film was it?

It was several years ago and probably Provia. It was the first obvious 120 slide film that I saw in the rack at the local photo shop (Rockbrook) at the time. It is not Velvia for sure.
 
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