Home Developing Super 8

[Kevin Caulfield]

I have done some searches here but can't find anything later than 2013. I've just entered the world of Super 8, buying a couple of old cameras. Just wondering what's the latest on home developing of colour and mono reversal film. I do have a couple of old Agfa E6 developing kits which have the potassium bichromate based bleach, but I've also read that some use a permanganate bleach. Is anybody here successfully developing colour and/or mono Super 8? Please let me know your process. Thanks.

 

[munz6869]

I'm keen to see what you find out Kevin - this has been on my mental back burner for 20 years

I have the big Lomo tank if you want one to try out...

Marc!

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

Hi Marc, I may ask you to borrow that tank. I've seen some messy looking setups online with people using buckets to process and it doesn't look like fun. I'll keep you posted.

 

[munz6869]

Anytime Kevin - I've got as far as 'opening the box', and that was some years ago...

Marc!

 

[Oxleyroad]

Kevin, I do lots of 16mm B&W reversal in a Lomo Tank so expect should be the same. Worth practicing loading many times with waste film/leader before you use your actual film. Can show you what I do if you are interested. But if you are you'll need to swing by my place before the 8th of Feb.

I am running through a roll of film tonight then again on Saturday after lunch.

 

[joshgladstone]

I've done a bunch of super 8 and some 16mm in a Lomo tank. I've processed as a negative in Caffenol C and D-76, but I haven't done reversal yet. I do want to try it, so I've purchased the chemicals for this, I just haven't had time to try it out yet.


BLEACH STOCK SOLUTION A
Potassium Permanganate 4 g
Water to make (Distilled) 1 liter

BLEACH STOCK SOLUTION B
Sodium Bisulfate 34.5 g
Water to make (Distilled) 1 liter

METABISULFITE CLEARING BATH
Sodium Metabisulfite 30 g
Water to make 1 liter


This recipe comes from the Photographer's Formulary reversal kit: http://www.freestylephoto.biz/pdf/product_pdfs/formulary/FormularyReversalTmax_010600.pdf

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

Kevin, I do lots of 16mm B&W reversal in a Lomo Tank so expect should be the same. Worth practicing loading many times with waste film/leader before you use your actual film. Can show you what I do if you are interested. But if you are you'll need to swing by my place before the 8th of Feb.

I am running through a roll of film tonight then again on Saturday after lunch.

Andy, thanks for the info. I won't get there tonight, but would love to see the process. Will let you know if I can get there before the 8th.

 

[Oxleyroad]

I'm glad you could not come by tonight as I had to get changed and go out again for a social event I was told about last year and since forgot about. Tonights processing put off until tomorrow.

 

[avortex]

This is the process I use with Fomapan R100 and Kodak Tri-X in super-8:
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

If you're going to buy a tank, get Lomo UPB-1A: It allows you to process the complete 15 meters of film (even 2 rolls at a time). Most of the other tanks only allow for 10 meters.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

How do you process movie film? Does it require a massive film reel and tank?

 

[munz6869]

Exactly!


In this hasty snap I made of my tank, you can see the reel is about 25cm in diameter!!

Marc!