Editing Darkroom/C-41RA Film Development
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then publish the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
C-41RA is a rapid, three-bath process for developing ordinary C-41 colour negative film. It comes as a kit; popular brands are Tetenal and Arista, and they're often called press kits because newspaper photographers used to use them. C-41RA chemistry is a lot like B&W in use, except that it doesn't last as long, hates oxygen, and needs accurate temperature control to work well. The chemistry only lasts about three weeks once mixed, and I get about | C-41RA is a rapid, three-bath process for developing ordinary C-41 colour negative film. It comes as a kit; popular brands are Tetenal and Arista, and they're often called press kits because newspaper photographers used to use them. C-41RA chemistry is a lot like B&W in use, except that it doesn't last as long, hates oxygen, and needs accurate temperature control to work well. The chemistry only lasts about three weeks once mixed, and I get about twenty 135-36 filmsworth out of a one litre Tetenal press kit. | ||
All C-41 film needs the same development, so there's no complicated film-specific developer time matrix of doom. | All C-41 film needs the same development, so there's no complicated film-specific developer time matrix of doom. | ||
Line 10: | Line 10: | ||
If you get any of these chemicals in your eyes, get someone to force your eye open and flush under running water for several minutes, and then get them to take you directly to the eye hospital. I am not even kidding. | If you get any of these chemicals in your eyes, get someone to force your eye open and flush under running water for several minutes, and then get them to take you directly to the eye hospital. I am not even kidding. | ||
==Before You Start== | ==Before You Start== | ||
Line 17: | Line 15: | ||
# Make up your chemistry according to the instructions. You'll need three bottles to put it in. | # Make up your chemistry according to the instructions. You'll need three bottles to put it in. | ||
# Mark your bottles: Developer, Blix and Stabilizer. Don't mix them up. | # Mark your bottles: Developer, Blix and Stabilizer. Don't mix them up. | ||
# Make up a tempering bath and heat it to 100.3 degrees Fahrenheit | # Make up a tempering bath and heat it to 100.3 degrees Fahrenheit. | ||
# Put your chemistry bottles in the tempering bath and wait for them to get to temperature. | # Put your chemistry bottles in the tempering bath and wait for them to get to temperature. | ||
# Make sure your tank, spiral, and bottles are compatible with colour chemistry, because some plastics aren't. The Paterson tanks are. Glass bottles aren't. No, really. | # Make sure your tank, spiral, and bottles are compatible with colour chemistry, because some plastics aren't. The Paterson tanks are. Glass bottles aren't. No, really. |