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Hi all,

having been doing some sums on LF slide shooting it pains me that I end up paying more to process the film than the film itself costs :gag: This has led me to contemplate the slippery slope of home deving E6 sheets. Has anyone else done this, is it relatively simple, and is it likely to work out cheaper than the £3 per sheet it currently costs me?

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What home developing do you do at the moment, if any? I'm very tempted to try seeing as I already do C-41 and have access to a Jobo, although I must say the chemicals per film don't work out much cheaper than Genie Imaging.
 
Do you get water marks on your genie imaging processed films? When I used C41 and E6 and sent to them I always ended up with water marks on them.
 
menthel said:
Do you get water marks on your genie imaging processed films? When I used C41 and E6 and sent to them I always ended up with water marks on them.
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Water marks, scratches, dust that looked like it had been pressed into the neg and swirled around and inexplicable round marks along the top and bottom of C41 films. :thumbsdown:
 
I process my own B&W, sheets done in a Paterson Orbital and all rolls done in Paterson tanks. It's whether I would need to invest in a Jobo or similar, or whether its feasible to do it using water baths and by hand. If I realistically need to go down the Jobo route then for now I'll probably just keep sending them away to be processed and live with the cost :(
 
No need to go down the Jobo route. I process E6 by hand and in a water bath with no problems at all and its LF 5x4 sheets. I use a MOD photographic sheet holder in a Patterson tank.

Mart
 
I don't actually find E6 any more difficult than B&W, to be honest - yes, it's slightly more "exacting" in the timing and temperature control, but as i'm a little OCD about that sort of thing in any case it's not a problem. Haven't done LF in this, most recent incarnation of working with film, but I used to do it fairly regularly BITD in a patterson tank.
 
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