Cross Processing Slide Film

Dr Croubie said:

Scanning negs is notoriously difficult, no matter what program you use.
The biggest thing is that the software will automatically try to set the 'correct' white balance based on the colours in the film. So whether you include the rebate (or even worse, sprocket holes) in the scan area will greatly affect the range of colours that it will scan and output.
If you include just the image with no borders or holes, the white balance comes fairly close to neutral, so whatever 'quirks' you may get from being expired or cross-processing are smoothed out and the result is what you've got, some fairly 'normal' looking pictures.
Of course, if you RA4 print them, you do the white-balancing yourself with CMY dials and end up with the same thing, give or take.

But hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it? I reckon you've got some great shots there, of course it may not have been what you were going for. If you want weird and funky washed-out or just 'wrong' colours, try scanning them 'wrong' too. Or throw weird chemicals in your developer, or microwave the films first or something, that'll give you weird results too...

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kiss-o-matic said:

My only caveat is I will likely not have a ton of space, and will likely only have 1 bathroom for a good year or so. (I'm in the process of relocating). I think the trick would be to find an enlarger I can easily store in an apartment. The drums look like the way to go, although I'm not sure exactly how much room these guys take up. Do the drums have heaters in them? I thought about doing E6 at home since it's apparently all mail-in (and expensive) in the US. (I found out real quick how nice it was to ride my bike in Tokyo and pay about $8 a roll for 35mm E6 processing. :-/). If I did that, i'd get the fish tank heater.

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