A vivid autumn day seemed like a good time to try out a roll of Ektar but it wasn't until I was loading the film into my Mamiya 330f last weekend that I realised that there was a problem with the film counter. Consequently, I only got six shots out of the roll - ouch!
Oh, well. I developed the film this afternoon in the Rollei Digibase that I mixed up in April and gave it my standard process:
Pre-soak: 3 mins
Dev: 4 minutes
Bleach: 3mins 30 secs
Wash
Fix: 5 minutes
Wash
Stabilise: 2 mins 30 secs
Everything was in a water bath that started at 38 deg C and finished up at about 36-37 deg C.
This is a very colourful film at the developing stage: the pre-wash water came out a very striking emerald green and the stabiliser was a brighter pink after it had done its stuff. The mask on the film is a quite strong pink so we'll have to see how that works with the scanning
The negs are drying now but I'll update asap with some scans.
How have others found home developed Ektar when it comes to scanning???
Oh, well. I developed the film this afternoon in the Rollei Digibase that I mixed up in April and gave it my standard process:
Pre-soak: 3 mins
Dev: 4 minutes
Bleach: 3mins 30 secs
Wash
Fix: 5 minutes
Wash
Stabilise: 2 mins 30 secs
Everything was in a water bath that started at 38 deg C and finished up at about 36-37 deg C.
This is a very colourful film at the developing stage: the pre-wash water came out a very striking emerald green and the stabiliser was a brighter pink after it had done its stuff. The mask on the film is a quite strong pink so we'll have to see how that works with the scanning
The negs are drying now but I'll update asap with some scans.
How have others found home developed Ektar when it comes to scanning???
