How can I get the best results out of this old 2242 Eastman film?

I was recently gifted a good length of expired Kodak Eastman 2242 35mm film.

There isn’t much info about this stock online, so shooting and processing it was done with a bit of guesswork.

My friend processed it with E6 chemicals and got very pink, results, almost nothing showed:



Yesterday I processed my test roll in C41, without much results either (probably only 1 picture in the whole roll was visible):



Both were shot at 50 - 100 iso.

Is there a way to "extract" more results out of this film stock?
I'm open to suggestion, and can donate a couple of rolls to fellow experimenters who would like to try it (if local to the Bay Area).

It is a colour intermediate film, designed for ECN processing. It's speed is really low - ~ISO 1.6.
Here is the current datasheet: https://www.kodak.com/content/produ...SION-2242-3242-5242-technical-information.pdf

Yeah, I got solid negatives (with very blue colors) exposed iirc at 3 iso and processed ecn2. It's slow stuff

thinkbrown said:

Yeah, I got solid negatives (with very blue colors) exposed iirc at 3 iso and processed ecn2. It's slow stuff

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Can I see your best shots with this?

fabulousrice said:

Can I see your best shots with this?

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I just checked and apparently I'm a liar. I was working with Kodak 2254, not 2242. I unfortunately can't scan any of it right now as I'm a ways away from home.

MattKing said:

It is a colour intermediate film, designed for ECN processing. It's speed is really low - ~ISO 1.6.
Here is the current datasheet: https://www.kodak.com/content/produ...SION-2242-3242-5242-technical-information.pdf

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Apart from being very slow, it appears to be a very high contrast film, looking at the datasheet, it might not be well-suited for normal photographic use.

fabulousrice said:

Is there a way to "extract" more results out of this film stock?

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Here's what I'd do:
Tape a piece of blank C41 film over the lens as a filter.
Pick a low-contrast subject.
Illuminate it with tungsten light or warm LED light.
Rate film at ISO 1 or even a little lower.
Process as color negative, preferably ECN2.
Scan and adjust color to taste.