I've read on the the internet about developing colour films in B&W chemistry.
I just wanted to hear about anybody's first hand experiences, outcomes tips before rushing off and trying it.
Cross-processing
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Re: Cross-processing
What is your goal? The color film's orange mask (used to help correct flaws in the dyes) makes printing such negatives very troublesome.ChaseColey wrote:I've read on the the internet about developing colour films in B&W chemistry.
I just wanted to hear about anybody's first hand experiences, outcomes tips before rushing off and trying it.
Why bother?
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I don't think he would get the orange mask by using B/W chemistry as the mask is formed with colour developer. I think newspapers in London would process colour film in B/W chemistry if there was a 'Hot News' pic on the film so they could get 'something' printable but really it is a waste of time and effort-there will be a silver 'sub-layer'developed up which would be dissolved away in colour bleach but not of course in ordinary B/W fixer,so the negs would be very dense and grainy.
Got COMPUTERISED and 'slightly Digitised Pentax K10D' but FILM STILL RULES !
All of the images I've seen made from color film processed this way were horrible. I've never done it, but I'm considering it for a very old C-22 roll because the alternative is paying $49.50 to have it done by Rocky Mountain Film Labs. Other than that, I can't see any reason to do it. The results are just too unpredictable.
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the reason i wanted to do it is because i wanted to get the vibrant tint to a picture, but at our school we dont have the chemicals for colour negs
after some research and digging around i found out you can develop colour negs in B&W chemistry. i thought i might as well try it out
i asked my teacher at collage too and he said that they produce really flat horrible negs anyway
still might give it a ago on an out of date film i picked up in a charity shop
thanks.
after some research and digging around i found out you can develop colour negs in B&W chemistry. i thought i might as well try it out
i asked my teacher at collage too and he said that they produce really flat horrible negs anyway
still might give it a ago on an out of date film i picked up in a charity shop
thanks.