Processing C-41 in B&W chems?

[djguru]

I figure it's got to be quicker and cheaper to develop any cheap rolls of C-41 (poundland Kodak etc) that I use for camera test purposes (a lonely Zenit awaits it's destiny!) through my existing b&w chems.

I've got R09 and HC-110 available and use both with standard technique and semi-stand/stand.

Does anyone do this and if so is there anything to be aware of compared to developing standard b&w eg. concentrations, method, ballpark times, time adjustments etc?

 

[steveo_mcg]

Rodinal 1+100 for an hour or so, the results are passable but fairly grainy.

 

[robhooley167]

Rodinal 1+100 for an hour or so, the results are passable but fairly grainy.

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[Asha]

Rodinal 1+100 for an hour or so, the results are passable but fairly grainy.

OR......rodinal 1:50 10 minutes @ 20°C

Either way will offer results with low contrast which is easily rectified in PP

If the film is OOD then the semi stand for an hour is probably the better option.

I have cross devd agfa vista plus ( C-41 process quid film) many times at 1:50 solution / 10 minutes with no probs at all.

 

[djguru]

Thanks for the quick replies guys, I'll give it a spin in the Rodinal and see what comes out.

 

[Cuchulainn]

The negs will look like muddy soup to the naked eye when dry after 1+50 rodinal, bit they should be fine after scanning. Don't have any ice correction turned on when scanning though - even though it's c-41 you've not processed it that way.

 

[freecom2]

Any recommendations for non-Rodinal developing? D76, T-Max Dev?

Although there is some documentation on B&W devving C-41 film, there is a surprising lack of information on the internet about it.

 

[robhooley167]

I've had good results from ID-11 for 14 mins with Kodak gold stuff, all down to experimentation

 

[wickerman]

There is a flickr group here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/c41inbw/discuss/ that has some interesting info.

 

[freecom2]

I've had good results from ID-11 for 14 mins with Kodak gold stuff, all down to experimentation

There is a flickr group here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/c41inbw/discuss/ that has some interesting info.

Thanks for the info and heads-up. I might try and experiment with AgfaVista 200 and T-Max Developer, could be a superb combination if I get it right.

 

[Cezar]

I've done a Kodak colorplus 200 in Promicrol for 7 and a half minutes @ 20C


(no touch ups, straight from the scanner)

 

[AJQS]

C41 in Caffenol. Finest grain you'll ever see. (possibly!)

 

[NickT]

I got passable, but low contrast, results with Poundland Vista and Rodinal 1:50. One problem I had was that as the negatives were so dark, my negative scanner had difficulty focusing on some of the frames. On most frames the autofocus did manage to work OK.