Tips for exposing ECN-II cross processed Ektachrome

[Owen A. Davies]

I am gonna be test shooting some 35mm motion picture Ektachrome soon and bracketing its exposure with some additional variations in push/pull development to see how the stock holds up for printing. I know that cross processing will undoubtedly increase the density of the film to a certain extent (what that extent is, however, I am not sure). And then on top of that, printing the negative onto 2383 stock is going to increase the final image's density even further.

Is there some kind of general rule of thumb that is typically take when exposing E6 type film to be developed in ECN-II chemicals? A friend of mine had told me that typically the highlights tend to suffer the most in the cross process and that it would be wise to underexpose by a bit or at least meter for the highlights to maintain a more well rounded image.  It is an experiment for a reason, and obviously I will get some extreme and unusable results from playing around with cross processing AND pushing slide film. I am willing to venture into more risky territory when bracketing my shots. However, I would still like some pointers--particularly on exposing color reversal film that is to be cross processed. 

[Robert Houllahan]

I would rate it the same ISO as you would if it is developed as E6 and I think 80iso is about the best rating for 100D.

When printing it does not have the orange mask on the negative so you will have to adjust if you want it to be normal-ish and you can put an orange filter in with the ND in the printer. Or print it as is with the color shift and no compensation for that look.