u/Electronic-Bread-629 — reddlx

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Hi, I’ve been developing colour for a month and today encountered an issue not noticed before.

See attached images which, when you zoom in, have little white spots. They look to me like dried water spots, but I don’t know. Find below a quick info list to help narrow it down…

* Currently using Bellini C41 kit

* It’s a half-frame camera (1961 Pentacon Penti II - perhaps the smaller image makes it more noticeable?)

* For agitation, I use the twizzle stick, not invert. After several rolls either way I’ve found this the best—had some problems with inverting, much less so since using the twizzle method. I always go clockwise, then counter-clockwise, same revolutions each way. 15-30 secs per min, haven’t seen any lines or bromide drag.

*I live in a very hard water area in the UK, so use distilled water to mix all chemicals

* I forget to tap the tank sometimes after each agitation. Getting better, but still forget perhaps 1 in 2

* Temperatures are spot-on at 38C

* For B&W I always use a squeegee and have had no problems, but mixed results doing so with colour. These images were not using à squeegee.

Any thoughts and feedback greatly appreciated!

PS I lover shooting with the Penti II (recently acquired). Followed Sunny 16, set zone focusing to hyperfocal distance (2.8m to infinity), and just snapped away!

u/Electronic-Bread-629 — 7 days ago

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Today I developed my first colour film (slightly chuffed!).

I use lots of part film rolls, usually by cutting a part-exposed film in a dark bag, storing the unexposed bit away for another day and loading the exposed section to a reel/tank to develop that day.

For b&w I’ve always given part-developed rolls a percentage/fraction value. Eg If a kit develops, say, 12 rolls and I developed 1/2 of a roll, then I’ve still got developing left for 11.5 rolls. Never had a problem.

But just now getting into developing colour, precision (temp, timing, agitation) seems much more important. So can I continue to calculate as above, or doesn’t it work that way?

PS I’m using the Bellini C 41 Kit

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u/Electronic-Bread-629 — 13 days ago

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Can anyone suggest a current film emulsion as close as possible to the first commercially produced rolls of colour film from the mid-1930s onwards? It’s for a project involving two cameras I have from that decade to capture as close as possible the look of that era by those who started using colour back then. Dufaycolor was one of the leaders and I like the look, but anything that closest resembles how some early colour films would have looked would work. Thx.

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u/Electronic-Bread-629 — 13 days ago

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I’m new to colour developing at home—so far five or six rolls or part rolls (I often split them in a dark bag).

Initially some mixed results. First couple rolls/lengths were fine, but the next two or three had all sorts of issues. I was told it was development related, so I spent some time researching further and eventually tried quite gentle twizzle stick agitation.

All of a sudden I’m seeing consistency and reliability. For b&w I was quite vigorous when agitating to draw out more contrast, so does this suggest my pre-twizzle colour angitation was a little too rough?

Also, any thoughts or guidance on twizzle vs inversion generally?

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u/Electronic-Bread-629 — 13 days ago