Problem processing Vericolor III.

I have some Vericolor III 70mm, on the tin it says process C41. I processed a stip in C41 but I noticed both sides of the film feel tacky!. I cut a piece of unexposed film to see what was going on. The film has some sort of green backing!. Any idea how to remove it?. Is it the smame sort of backing that is on the vision films?.

Mogsby said:

I have some Vericolor III 70mm, on the tin it says process C41. I processed a stip in C41 but I noticed both sides of the film feel tacky!. I cut a piece of unexposed film to see what was going on. The film has some sort of green backing!. Any idea how to remove it?. Is it the smame sort of backing that is on the vision films?.

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If you refer to Vericolor III the "VPS" film, it is standard C41. I sent to my lab a roll of this film last year, expired 1994 or so, and they processed it in C41 as always and came out as always.

The "remjet" backing on the Vision film is black, not green.
Perhaps something happened with your film or with your process.

BTW this is ISO 160 film that was shot often at 100 back in the good days. From my results, i would have rated it at EI 25 if i wanted to shoot it again.

flavio81 said:

If you refer to Vericolor III the "VPS" film, it is standard C41. I sent to my lab a roll of this film last year, expired 1994 or so, and they processed it in C41 as always and came out as always.

The "remjet" backing on the Vision film is black, not green.
Perhaps something happened with your film or with your process.

BTW this is ISO 160 film that was shot often at 100 back in the good days. From my results, i would have rated it at EI 25 if i wanted to shoot it again.

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Hi,
Yeah its vps and 160 iso. I had a google and managed to find some info on the kodak site. I found out its a gelatin layer on the film base thats there for dye retouching. A real pain in the neck as far as keeping dust off the film while it dries.
I'm using the film for rerolling onto 616 spools to use in my old Kodak folder. I did a test shooting at 1/25 and 1/10 and few couple of timed 1 sec shots. the 1/25th looks a little faint but 1/10th is way overexposed.
I first thought it may be some sort of antihalation backing, I'm sure on some films there is a backing layer incorporated but becomes transparent during processing. So I thought it may be that.
Oh well at least i know what it is now and will have to find a better drying enviroment for the film.