Paul Bartok Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 Hey guys, Iv'e got about 2000ft of Vision 3 at home and since im a film photographer as well I was thinking I might just use it for photography. If my maths right that's 470 rolls, around 16941 frames, whats a bargain considering I payed only $200 for the film. I know you can cross process but how hard would it be to source the equipment and to develop it properly, is it worth the trouble, any tuts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted June 2, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted June 2, 2012 Paul, you might be running into trouble to find a lab where one accepts snippets of that film in 5-ft. length now and then. Not to process it properly is like bathing a C-41 still film in the wrong soups. You wish to have nice colours, don’t you? Stick with stills film for stills. Movie labs take 100-ft. portions as the shortest length, and that’s what you will have to pay for even with shorter pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Gray Posted June 2, 2012 Share Posted June 2, 2012 I dunno... I know a photographer up here who shoots with either Vision or Fuji. I can't remember what he gets. But he has an adapter on one of his camera that he can load in 100' and it just acts like a regular roll of still film. I'll see if I can get his stock and where he has it processed, but I know he used to use Richards Photo Lab in the past, so there's gotta be a way to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted June 2, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted June 2, 2012 No doubt, it isn’t a mechanical problem but one of chemical-economical nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bartok Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 Thanks guys, Travis if you can find out that would be great please, I have a Mamiya RB67 Pro-s with a bulk magazine so It could shoot around 200ft of 65mm looks like a mini IMAX camera haha, I think I might just experiment with a few rolls use it for artsy stuff not for professional work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bartok Posted June 3, 2012 Author Share Posted June 3, 2012 Found this for anyone interested They do Motion picture film processing for still http://www.ecn-2.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium Member Simon Wyss Posted June 4, 2012 Premium Member Share Posted June 4, 2012 Now, that sounds interesting, but where are these people? I am not able to find out, most probably due to my advanced age and coming from BC (before computers). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bartok Posted June 4, 2012 Author Share Posted June 4, 2012 Now, that sounds interesting, but where are these people? I am not able to find out, most probably due to my advanced age and coming from BC (before computers). haha I like the BC thing. I believe there in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jock Blakley Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Any processing you undertake with the film needs to account for the Remjet layer on the base - which is a quick way to ruin any machine process that's not expecting it, which includes all C-41 labs - and also that the ECN-2 process the film expects uses a different colour developer to the C-41 process. Unless you can find a lab or friend to do ECN-2 in short lengths, you're better off keeping it all for use as short ends or selling it as short ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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