Martin Yernazian Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I just bought this on ebay, to shoot some tests on cross process, any comments? I read that is meant for intermediate use to prepare color prints, well film is film and I want to restart my research on cross process to use this technique on my next project. Anyhow any opinions or comments are well appreciated BEst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Case Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 As you say, 7242 is intermediate stock, designed for duplication. However it requires the standard ECN2 process, same as for camera negative, so you won't be cross-processing. It is extremely fine grained. Consequently it is extremely slow - start testing at around an EI of 10. It has a gamma (contrast) of 1 : that is double the contrast of original negative. It is designed to be exposed from a negative image (ornage masked) lit by tungsten. So treat it as having a colour temperature balance of around 2,000K Its emulsion layers are optimised to reproduce colour from film emulsion dyes, not from real life. So colour reproduction will be imperfect. Apart from that it's pretty normal :P but it should give you some interesting results if you can manage your way through all of its differences. Have fun. Your are on your own as far as results are concerned though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Wells Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Hi Dominic - I think you missed the word "Ektachrome" before 7242 in the header. Martin if this is Ektachrome 7242 it is very old color reversal stock - dating back to the seventies at least. (I don't know how long it was continued after 7240/VNF effective replaced it in - what 1978, 1979 ?) -Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Yernazian Posted May 21, 2007 Author Share Posted May 21, 2007 unholy poop haaha the 70's welll I was expeting to cross process anyway, might us well do it with anykind of stock sam do you have anyinfo on this stock thanks ps thanks dominic ( the info was well learned even do I don't think this is the same stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Case Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Hi Dominic - I think you missed the word "Ektachrome" before 7242 in the header.Ha! I thought Ektachrome at first, then read I read that is meant for intermediate usein Martin's enquiry, so got misled. 7242 Ektachrome is SO old that Kodak have recycled the number for an entirely different product. I was expeting to cross process anyway, might us well do it with anykind of stockUnfortunately, 7242 (the Ektachrome one) was designed to go through the ME4 process which was discontinued many years ago (in favour of the VNF process that Sam mentioned). The process started with a pre-hardener bath, without which the emulsion will soften and fall off in the developer. Later types of emulsion didn't need this. I know you want to cross-process, but the modern (well, since 1974) negative process ECN2 does not have a prehardener stage. In other words, I doubt if any lab will touch your 7242. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Yernazian Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 poop, really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Venhaus Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I really doubt the emulsion would stay on the film, going through a machine processor. I cross processed some Ektachrome 7241(which is very similar to your 7242, they both were released the same year, 1966, both ME-4 process, only the 7241 is balanced for daylight) in regular temperature (36 degrees C) C-41 chemicals in a spiral tank and the emulsion stayed on, barely, but was very reticulated. Example below - close up of film frame. I also developed some in 20 degree C black and white chemicals, in a spiral tank and the emulsion did not reticulate but was still soft compared to other non- ME4 process films, so I don't think it would make it safely through a b/w machine processor, either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Will Montgomery Posted May 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 24, 2007 You would think that someone from Kodak (besides John) would actually check these boards out from time to time to give us some official answers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Chris Keth Posted May 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 24, 2007 Dominic, I don't know the procedures for changing chemicals in a MP lab but is there any chance he could send it to a lab and ask them to try it right before they were going to replace their chemicals, so nobody loses if it screws things up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richardson Leao Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 Hi Martin, i had the same experience as Will but a pre bath with paraformaldehide would help to avoid reticulation. In any case, you'll have to process in a tank not in a continuous processing machine. C41 at room temp also works reasonably. If you want I can dig out some pre-hardening formula. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Charles MacDonald Posted May 24, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 24, 2007 You would think that someone from Kodak (besides John) would actually check these boards out from time to time to give us some official answers. I am sure the official answer would be something like "are you out of your....?" The official recomendation are always what WILL work well. anything off to the side they really don't feel comfortable commenting on. I am sure that the lab guys do try cross processing, and so on, but I would guess thay stopped playing with ME4 long before the current e-6 or ECN-2 processes came out. they may have tried ME4 film in VNF process and visa versa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Anthony Vale Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 I am sure that the lab guys do try cross processing, and so on, but I would guess thay stopped playing with ME4 long before the current e-6 or ECN-2 processes came out. they may have tried ME4 film in VNF process and visa versa. ME-4 hung around longer than Kodak wanted it to because the US Government, the single biggest ME-4 user, took forever to update it's processors to VNF. VNF, E-6 & ECN-2 run at a higher temperture than ME-4. The EF emulsion will melt off the base. This batch is so old there's a chance that it's too shrunken to even be used as dummy loads or scratch tests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Yernazian Posted May 25, 2007 Author Share Posted May 25, 2007 Man they totally trick me I should of contact it you guys first I was thinking to use it as a dummy load or a test roll, but by LEo's info it might be to mess up!!! how can I check if the load isn't shrunk? Also Richardson I will love to have those C-41 pre-hardening formula. Thanks everyone, I will check how it comes and see if it works BEst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Tobin Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 ...This batch is so old there's a chance that it's too shrunken to even be used as dummy loads or scratch tests.... Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the potential aging shrinkage of triacetate base film was only 0.2% which should go through most cameras just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Yernazian Posted May 26, 2007 Author Share Posted May 26, 2007 I have no idea Clive, but if you are right you have given me a little sunshine of info with this stock or old ones I hope that made sense hehehe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Charles MacDonald Posted May 27, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 27, 2007 Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the potential aging shrinkage of triacetate base film was only 0.2% which should go through most cameras just fine. I have some "ebay find" old acetate that was in a sealed can, and the good old Vinigar problem showed up. (one roll of Per-war unused Kodachome in a black can that says "return to Kodak in this can" {I guess before the antitrust case- it was made I belive for the USA market} that someone had labeled "leader" comes to mind.) VS is "enhanced" by being sealed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominic Case Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Dominic, I don't know the procedures for changing chemicals in a MP lab but is there any chance he could send it to a lab and ask them to try it right before they were going to replace their chemicals, so nobody loses if it screws things up? Labs don't "change chemicals" as such. As film runs through a process, the solutions are constantly replenished so that they stay in an absolute equilibrium, so as to give consistent processing results from the first foot of film to the last. Ther is no point at which the solution is "exhausted" as it would become in a batch process in a tank of the sort you might process in at home. So it is very rare that you'd find a time that the lab was in a position to run a test before dumping chemicals. And in any case, I could tell you without any testing that if you run 7242 through a VNF or a ECN2 process, the emulsion will soften and some will fall off -into the solution, onto the rollers, through the pipes. And then it wouldn't just be a case of wrecked film, you'd have a clogged up processor that would require considerable more cleaning out than would otherwise have been the case. You would think that someone from Kodak (besides John) would actually check these boards out from time to time to give us some official answers. There are people other than Kodak staff who know what they are talking about and who DO frequently look at this list :rolleyes: . And if you really want reliable information you can always ring the lab you intend to use, or the supplier whose stock you intend to buy . .etc. Really, this stuff isn't last year's stock - it is probably 30 years old. Even if you could process it, it is likely to be seriously age-fogged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Will Montgomery Posted May 28, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 28, 2007 There are people other than Kodak staff who know what they are talking about and who DO frequently look at this list :rolleyes: . They may look, but they don't post very often. How about a Fuji person as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Damien Bhatti Posted May 28, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted May 28, 2007 Looks incredible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Hamrick Posted May 30, 2007 Share Posted May 30, 2007 The process started with a pre-hardener bath, without which the emulsion will soften and fall off in the developer. Later types of emulsion didn't need this. I know you want to cross-process, but the modern (well, since 1974) negative process ECN2 does not have a prehardener stage. I have seen EF film go through a processor mistakenly labeled as VNF.If it skips the prehardener, that emulsion will come right off the film and gum up the machine so badly,the entire chemistry will have to be dumped.You'll have one pissed off processing tech on your hands,the lab will probably not want to do business with you again.At least that's what I saw at the lab I worked at years ago. Rocky Mountain Films may process it,they specialize in defunct emulsions but they charge serious $$$$$$. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Yernazian Posted May 30, 2007 Author Share Posted May 30, 2007 guys don't bother, the film came and when I was opening it fell and broke the case exposing the whole roll..... anyhow the it goes my dummy load 400 feet of it thanks anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Hamrick Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Well if you ever run a cross something like this again,I think these are the only people who will properly process it.http://www.rockymountainfilm.com/ektamovie.htm Needless to say,you're better off with fresh stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Charles MacDonald Posted June 4, 2007 Premium Member Share Posted June 4, 2007 guys don't bother, the film came and when I was opening it fell and broke the case exposing the whole roll..... anyhow the it goes my dummy load 400 feet of it there are times when you want a roll to play with, and it is a shame to deliberatly expose film to try something. The Karma was trying to save you from greif, keep the roll if you need to check out something. I don't think that stuff has REM-JEt so at the least you could use iit as threading leader on a print, or as fill .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Hamrick Posted June 5, 2007 Share Posted June 5, 2007 I don't think that stuff has REM-JEt so at the least you could use iit as threading leader on a print, or as fill .. I'm pretty sure it does have an anti halation backing,but I don't think it's too much of a problem getting it off along with the emulsion if you want to use it as leader.Be sure to save the box and labelled can,if nothing else as a keepsake from another era. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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