I make my own E6 chems and have been having relative success working off the 1982 BJP Annual formulas. I recently acquired a copy of the 1988 BJP Annual and decided to try using those formulas.
In many ways the new formulas seem to be an improvement, except I am getting small red dots in the light areas, especially the sky. This essentially ruins the photo, unless I go through and try to digitally remove them.
I have attached 2 sample photos to show what is happening, as well as the 1988 formulas that are causing the issue. I have developed 3 rolls so far, all having the same issue. While they are expired, they are different ektachrome stocks from different sources, and I have had good success with them using my old process, so it seems unlikely that it is just an issue of being expired. These have gone through some color correction, so they appear slightly softer and less bright red then they actually do on the slide. I havent had time to rescan the samples without any corrections. I have tried cleaning the film, even right after development with no luck, so I dont think its just sediment on the film.
Unless someone has had similar issues in the past and knows the cause, I guess my next steps will be to make a new set of the 1982 and 1988 chems, subbing out a single chem at a time from 1988 to try and isolate the guilty chem.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
In many ways the new formulas seem to be an improvement, except I am getting small red dots in the light areas, especially the sky. This essentially ruins the photo, unless I go through and try to digitally remove them.
I have attached 2 sample photos to show what is happening, as well as the 1988 formulas that are causing the issue. I have developed 3 rolls so far, all having the same issue. While they are expired, they are different ektachrome stocks from different sources, and I have had good success with them using my old process, so it seems unlikely that it is just an issue of being expired. These have gone through some color correction, so they appear slightly softer and less bright red then they actually do on the slide. I havent had time to rescan the samples without any corrections. I have tried cleaning the film, even right after development with no luck, so I dont think its just sediment on the film.
Unless someone has had similar issues in the past and knows the cause, I guess my next steps will be to make a new set of the 1982 and 1988 chems, subbing out a single chem at a time from 1988 to try and isolate the guilty chem.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you
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