First C-41 development

[zehner21]

Hi all!
I'm sorry if this is going to be an hybrid thread, but I do not have access to RA-4 for printing my negatives.
Yesterday, using the Rollei Digibase C-41, I developed my first colour negative film: Kodak Ultramax 400.
It was not very difficult, althought I made a mistake and forgot to oxygenate the bleach bath.
I also used a B/W stop bath between CD and Bleach.
When the film has dried, I cut it in pieces to fit the scanner and I noticed that the saturation was a little excessive and there's an overall faint cyan tint easily correctable in PS.

Saturation&cyan tint never occurred when I scanned other negatives developed in minilabs. So, in your opinion, what did I do wrong?

Thanks


P.S. (English is not my FL, please excuse me)

 

[polyglot]

An overall tint is just a matter of differing base colours. You always need to correct that when either scanning or wet printing to RA4.

You shot Ultramax and wonder at excessive saturation? Saturation is also quite variable depending on your scan settings so I would definitely blame either your scanning or your choice of film.

The only real error you can make with C41 development is to cause crossover, i.e. different tint in the highlights and shadows, or to use old/exhausted chemistry which can cause localised tints in areas of film with unusually high or low density. It sounds to me like your development went perfectly!

 

[pentaxpete]

I found that 'Ultramax' DOES have 'high saturation' as it is designed for use in dull weather and low 'Subject Brightness Range' subjects -- I gave a cassette to a new Lady Member of my Club to use with her Canon T 90 that she had NEVER used and she used it months later in bright sunshine and got very contrasty results on prints done by a commercial lab .

 

[zehner21]

@polyglot @pentaxpete


I knew that consumer films are super-saturated but I could not imagine that it was so MUCH saturated.
Well, I guess that the problem is solved...

thanks!

 

[slx]

Just a curiosity: what do you mean by oxygenating the bleach?



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[polyglot]

Bleach likes oxygen, it needs some to remain reactive. Take a half full bottle of bleach with the lid done up tight, and shake it. Done.