My first go with Kodak C-41 Chemistry

[mattk]

I have been developing 120 in the Jobo press kits. After reading P.E.'s commment about the long term stability of negs processed in Blix, I decided to gather together all the chemistry to give this dev,bleach,fix, stab mess a try. First thought--holy crap did I buy a lot of chemistry. Second thought--process is simple (Jobo) and the initial test roll looks good. Shipping from the big suppliers was spendy due to the haz mat charge, so I found a local minilab supplier that can order and kodak product under the sun (no shipping charge as I pick it up). If you live in Minnesota check out Pakor in Maple Grove. The driving force here was the cost of 120 and 4x5 develoment--I can't wait to see my first 4x5 sheets come out of this process. Pics will post as soon as the negatives are dry. Thanks to all the APUG'ers for being such a wonderful resource when trying something new!

 

[Photo Engineer]

When you take out your 4x5s, you will be impressed. It is a real thrill to take out a batch and see what you have done.

Congratulations.

PE

 

[mattk]

Here are a few test shots from the first roll.

 

[fotch]

Your lucky. Pakor purchase a Milwaukee distributor then move them to Minnesota. Amzingly, I cannot find a similar sourse in the Chicago or surrounding area. Use to be major cities had everything. Oh well.

 

[PVia]

Looks great...! Looking forward to doing the same soon.

Thanks for the encouragement and inspiration to do it.

 

[dng88]

Mind to share the exact Kodak chemical you have ordered and the exact steps / volume you used.

I got quite a bit confuse but the local Kodak distributor want nothing but exact code (US or Europe one). I got E6 5L from them (via shipping by boat from Singapore) ok (with a wait of 3 months) as I have the exact code. But for C-41, still as confuse as hell.

Thanks for any assistance.

 

[mattk]

Here is the list of chemistry using Kodak Catalog #'s

Developer Cat. 191 8895 (enough for 3.5 gallons, or 27 120 rolls)
Bleach Cat. 133 2634 (no mixing required and 10 liters worth--enough for 80 rolls of 120)
Fix Cat. 169 3837 (enough for 76 liters and 304 rolls!!)
Rinse Cat. 853 8067 (makes 12.5 gallons)

Overall cost was $US
Dev .75/roll
Bleach 1.50/roll
Fix .03/roll

So a roll of 120 costs me about 2.50-3.00 per roll. Add in the fun cool factor of doing it myself and its worth it to me!

Hope this helps. Finished my first 8 roll batch in the Jobo this evening. Mostly Kodak but a roll or two of Fuji NPH thrown in as well. 4x5 comes next with some expired stuff I have laying around.

 

[dng88]

Sorry check so late; just to say thanks mattk for the list.