Kodak C41 2.5/5L kit and Fujihunt 5L kit - from a Bellini 1L user

[Kilgallb]

I was told by Cinestill to contact downtown photo in Toronto and Gosselin in Montreal to express interest in them bringing in the kits, which I have done.

Gossellin replied. They do not handle chemicals.

Hopefully downtown photo will help.

 

[Kilgallb]

No response from Downtown photo.

I assume Canadians are out of luck.

 

[Kilgallb]

Freestyle accepted my order to Canada!

 

[Donald Qualls]

Freestyle accepted my order to Canada!

Nice. What did the shipping look like (and I presume you won't know what if any import fees apply until it's in country)?

 

[Kilgallb]

Shipping was $28.00 USD. I will have to pay 5% GST when it gets here. As no photo chemicals are made in Canada there must not be duty, but I expect a brokerage fee.

That is cheaper than shipping to Montana and picking it up myself.

 

[MattKing]

As no photo chemicals are made in Canada there must not be duty

That actually isn't at legally or practically related to whether or not there is any duty payable.
However, as the chemicals are made in the USA, it is most likely that the replacement for NAFTA will result in there being no duty.
The same would apply to chemicals made in Mexico.

 

[Kilgallb]

All I paid was 5% GST and the usual handling and shipping charges. Fast service with no complications like brokerage fees.

 

[Fulltang]

Interested in how this kit ended up comparing to the Bellini!

 

[blee1996]

I'm still using the first 1L from the Kodak C41 5L kit. 12 rolls of 135/120 film so far, and the negatives look good and scans well. I have not detected any color shift or contrast issue yet. Bellini was my reference.

 

[Kilgallb]

I see Freestyle no longer ships the 2.5l or 5l Kodak C41 kits out of the country. I knew it was to good to be true.

 

[blee1996]

A one-year update: I just finished the first Kodak 5L C41 kit (mixed in September 2024). All the negatives come out consistently good. And I got 16 rolls per liter capacity, by adjusting development time after every 4 rolls.

So I just mixed my second 5L kit into four 1L bags and two 0.5L bags, like last time. I look forward to use them for another year.

 

[Donald Qualls]

A one-year update: I just finished the first Kodak 5L C41 kit (mixed in September 2024). All the negatives come out consistently good. And I got 16 rolls per liter capacity, by adjusting development time after every 4 rolls.

So I just mixed my second 5L kit into four 1L bags and two 0.5L bags, like last time. I look forward to use them for another year.

Excellent! I've got almost five liters of Flexicolor Color Developer Replenisher (as well as 5 liters of EcoPro ersatz Xtol) in debubbled wine boxes that's been there two years; I'm hoping that the exclusion of all oxygen will have kept it good, now that I'm approaching being able to spend time in my darkroom again (and catch up my huge film backlog).

 

[lamerko]

I'll complain
Today I paid 60 pounds for a liter of Fuji Hunt starter chemistry. Separately, I'm in Bulgaria, and the order was made in the UK.
Fuji Hunt has great chemistry for C-41, but... In one set there is a developer for 10 liters (it comes out a little more), but the starter chemistry, which comes in a set of 6x1 liters of concentrate, is designed for 400 (four hundred) liters. In fact, much more - the replenishing chemistry does not need a starter.
Unfortunately, only in one place did I see an option to order just one bottle, not a whole set. And my old stock, which I had taken from a friend, is running out...

 

[koraks]

Yeah, only few sellers are willing to part out single bottles.

 

[Kilgallb]

I do one shot (4x5) and have great success just pouring out concentrate for 600ml of working solution at a time. I managed to keep the concentrate viable for about 9 months.

600ml in a Jobo does two cycles of 6 sheets, total 12. So I get 48 sheets out of the 2.5 l Kodak kit.

 

[sperho]

A one-year update: I just finished the first Kodak 5L C41 kit (mixed in September 2024). All the negatives come out consistently good. And I got 16 rolls per liter capacity, by adjusting development time after every 4 rolls.

So I just mixed my second 5L kit into four 1L bags and two 0.5L bags, like last time. I look forward to use them for another year.

That's great news! Can you please share a bit more detail on how you are handling each 1 L bag of developer? What I am inferring from one of your previous posts in this thread is that you dispense what you need into your tank for a few rolls and then pour it back in to the same bag when you are done with that tank's development cycle. Then, maybe (or maybe not) use a time compensation scheme for each subsequent tank? Is that all correct? If yes, what is your time compensation scheme?

 

[Meinrad]

Do you replenish? I am asking because i developed 3 films in 500ml i have prepared from the Kodak kit (as i always do with JOBO, Bellini..) and the third came out very thin... temperature should have been right.
Then I read it should be used one shot or replenished