Does Anyone Service C-22 Now?

[bjorke]

I just received back an unprocessed roll I sent to Rocky Mountain Lab last year -- they've decided to close up.

Are there any options left?

 

[cmacd123]

Mix some c-22 from Scratch? I think it needs the benzyl alcohol to work.

 

[Paul Howell]

You can contact see if they are still a going concern.

C-22/ Old Film Processing

C-22 film processing at Old School Photo Lab. C-22/Kodacolor-X and more. We have have the experience to handle old film. We'll help bring old memories to life.

oldschoolphotolab.com

 

[Agulliver]

TO be brutal but fair, did Rocky Mountain Film Lab ever answer a phone call or email?

 

[foc]

I have read about people developing C22 and Agfa CNS in C41 BUT at 20c. Otherwise, the normal 38C will melt the emulsion. Developer at 20C for 20 mins.

I know the C41 developer is different from C22 but it could be worth a try.

You could also just develop it as B&W.

 

[Don_ih]

I've developed a roll of C22 in C41 - 20 minutes at 20 degrees. It worked quite well - easily good enough for scanning. I tried enlarging and could get the colours .... interesting, at least. Being cross processed, it will look cross processed.

 

[Terrence Brennan]

I have read about people developing C22 and Agfa CNS in C41 BUT at 20c. Otherwise, the normal 38C will melt the emulsion. Developer at 20C for 20 mins.

I know the C41 developer is different from C22 but it could be worth a try.

You could also just develop it as B&W.

I second that. When I worked in a pro lab some 30+ years ago, occasionally we would get a roll of C-22 film, almost always Kodacolor-X. I would lower the temperature from 100F to 70F in all the chemicals (yes, we were a Fahrenheit lab!!), and process the film for 13:00 minutes per tank, versus the 3:30 specified in the processing instructions, working on the old rule of thumb that for every 15F change in developer temperature, there should be a doubling of the time required. The one exception was the final stabilizer tank, which we gave it about two minutes, and then into the dryer.

FWIW, I saw, in the early days of C-41 processing, a lab that would run 120- and 127-width C-41 films through a C-22 line. Kodak cautioned against that, as, if I remember correctly, the Color Developer in the C-22 process was different that that in the C-41 process. But the results (for amateur films) seemed okay.

 

[bjorke]

You can contact see if they are still a going concern.

C-22/ Old Film Processing

C-22 film processing at Old School Photo Lab. C-22/Kodacolor-X and more. We have have the experience to handle old film. We'll help bring old memories to life.

oldschoolphotolab.com

Aka https://www.instagram.com/photosmithnh/ -- I'll ring them! thanks

 

[bjorke]

TO be brutal but fair, did Rocky Mountain Film Lab ever answer a phone call or email?

To be honest, I don't recall but they are STILL keeping the shingle out: http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/default.htm though their note received via physical mail says they're done, thanks to covid.