Red Rose developed "MY WAY"

[ndwgolf]

Okay. I have been swithering over what temperature to develop my color sheet film and what tank to use. I ordered a Souis Cooker but it hasn't arrived yet and me being not the most patient guy on the plant I wanted to develop the film NOW. So without a sure way to maintain 38 degrees as recommended by Tetenal I decided to follow my own process off a color film developing chart that I happen to have.

So here is what I decided to do, I mixed the Tetenal colortec C41 to give me 500 ml of the dev, Blix and stabiliser all with tap water (This kit has been in my fridge for over 2 years). I left the aircon off in my darkroom and put the 3 bottles with the C41 in my darkroom and shut the door. I went for a swim for half an hour and came back and checked the temperature of the chemicals they were all 27.5 degrees (81.5 F) I then looked on the chart that I have and it said to develop for 14.25 minutes.
I loaded the two sheets of Etkar 4x5 into my Beseller 8x10 drum and started the developing process with the drum on the Beseller rotary base switching it from forward to reverse every 60 seconds;
1/. pre wash 60 seconds
2/. Develop 14 minutes and 25 seconds
3/. Blix 8 minutes
4/. Wash 6 minutes
5/. Stabalizer 1 minute
Hang to dry over night
And here is what came out……enjoy

Neil

 

[Eric Rose]

Looks like a great rose to me.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Looks like a great rose to me.

Are you related, Eric?

 

[Bill Burk]

Wait for the temperature conditioning unit to arrive!

Get a chance to apply your new procedures while you're still excited about them.

If I were to try without technology I would just bring a sinkful of water to the required temperature and put the bottles and beakers in it to get them up to temperature. But soon you'll have a "revolutionary" tool to help maintain that temperature.

I say wait to get that new gadget and start getting used to how it works.

 

[ndwgolf]

Heres the second Negative, also shot at f45 but with lights on it...............im amazed how little I had to do with PP

 

[ndwgolf]

Wait for the temperature conditioning unit to arrive!

Get a chance to apply your new procedures while you're still excited about them.

If I were to try without technology I would just bring a sinkful of water to the required temperature and put the bottles and beakers in it to get them up to temperature. But soon you'll have a "revolutionary" tool to help maintain that temperature.

I say wait to get that new gadget and start getting used to how it works.

It should be her later this week

Neil

 

[mshchem]

Heres the second Negative, also shot at f45 but with lights on it...............im amazed how little I had to do with PP
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Looks great.

 

[RalphLambrecht]

Okay. I have been swithering over what temperature to develop my color sheet film and what tank to use. I ordered a Souis Cooker but it hasn't arrived yet and me being not the most patient guy on the plant I wanted to develop the film NOW. So without a sure way to maintain 38 degrees as recommended by Tetenal I decided to follow my own process off a color film developing chart that I happen to have.

So here is what I decided to do, I mixed the Tetenal colortec C41 to give me 500 ml of the dev, Blix and stabiliser all with tap water (This kit has been in my fridge for over 2 years). I left the aircon off in my darkroom and put the 3 bottles with the C41 in my darkroom and shut the door. I went for a swim for half an hour and came back and checked the temperature of the chemicals they were all 27.5 degrees (81.5 F) I then looked on the chart that I have and it said to develop for 14.25 minutes.
I loaded the two sheets of Etkar 4x5 into my Beseller 8x10 drum and started the developing process with the drum on the Beseller rotary base switching it from forward to reverse every 60 seconds;
1/. pre wash 60 seconds
2/. Develop 14 minutes and 25 seconds
3/. Blix 8 minutes
4/. Wash 6 minutes
5/. Stabalizer 1 minute
Hang to dry over night
And here is what came out……enjoy

View attachment 222496
Neil

seems to work quite well;you can come down from the plant now.

 

[pentaxuser]

I await the posts or posts that now warn of the possible dire consequences of colour casts when developing at less than the standard 37.8 degrees C . In fact these pictures do not look OK at 27.5 degrees C. They look terrific .

Some people have amazing luck at 27.5

pentaxuser

 

[ndwgolf]

Wait for the temperature conditioning unit to arrive!

Get a chance to apply your new procedures while you're still excited about them.

If I were to try without technology I would just bring a sinkful of water to the required temperature and put the bottles and beakers in it to get them up to temperature. But soon you'll have a "revolutionary" tool to help maintain that temperature.

I say wait to get that new gadget and start getting used to how it works.

The gadget Sous Vibrator arrived yesterday so I will give it a go later today. In the mean time I took two exposures yesterday of the same Lily and this one was developed in 85 degrees F for 11 1/2 minutes........turned out nicely.
Neil

 

[ndwgolf]

I await the posts or posts that now warn of the possible dire consequences of colour casts when developing at less than the standard 37.8 degrees C . In fact these pictures do not look OK at 27.5 degrees C. They look terrific .

Some people have amazing luck at 27.5

pentaxuser

seems to work quite well;you can come down from the plant now.

Wait for the temperature conditioning unit to arrive!

Get a chance to apply your new procedures while you're still excited about them.

If I were to try without technology I would just bring a sinkful of water to the required temperature and put the bottles and beakers in it to get them up to temperature. But soon you'll have a "revolutionary" tool to help maintain that temperature.

I say wait to get that new gadget and start getting used to how it works.

Looks great.

Thanks for all the feedback guys

 

[mshchem]

The gadget Sous Vibrator arrived yesterday so I will give it a go later today. In the mean time I took two exposures yesterday of the same Lily and this one was developed in 85 degrees F for 11 1/2 minutes........turned out nicely.
Neil
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You're an inspiration. Lovely.