Ali Shah

Hi folks in my attempts to build a rig to help me build a transport system for a camera I'm building, I'm looking for 65mm film leader, in any color. I don't need more than maybe 200 ft, but if you have something longer let me know please. Thanks!

Yep so the QWD kit is a single sachet that you mix into water. It's possible I didn't mix it well in water. The first batch I whipped up, I definitely saw little crystals at the bottom of the bottle as i was pouring in the chemicals. They eventually dissolved. But those initial rolls, allay exhibited blue streaks at the bottom of the negatives (similar to the second scan i posted). Back then I was using inversion- This prompted a switch to rotary and the problem went away, until I remixed this batch and now it's back (along with this green tinted base) Would lovvvve to come and check out your lab and see how things are done! I'll shoot you a message in the AM, thanks! That's very generous!

Yep, I'm processing in a Jobo tank. going to do another run this week, will try and invert the tank in between the agitation. Appreciate your help and also appreciate you asking your colleague. The film base color being off os worrisome as it's so consistent between all rolls.

HI, I will try agitating with more vigor. I don't think its a silver retention issue- as I went through a second bleach/fix cycle with these negatives and there was no discernible change. I believe this is the process to follow to remediate silver retention. Is that correct?

I should also mention that after the full process, during the final washing, the negatives seem to bleed a magenta dye, took quite a bit of washing to get it all out. This seems to occur through out last 20 rolls, I've processed so did not seem very alarming to me.

Thank you, I've read this post quite a few times, however it does not appear to be the same sort of issue, their negatives don't exhibit the strange base color difference that mine do.

Hi! I'm using the QWD kit, I control the developer temperature in a water bath, and thermometer read 100.7F.. For agitation I was using continuous rotary agitation 30 rotations a minute. I tried re-mixing the bleach, and fixer, and went through the bleach- fix process again to no avail. I'm beginning to wonder if the developer chemical was not mixed well in the distilled water prior to pouring it into the tank. QWD kits mention to add the final-rinse solution into the pre-bath, which I did not do. I wonder if theres a dye stabilizer in the pre-bath liquid thats needed for their process. Please see the two attached images that exhibit some issues on scanning. I've color corrected the scans as best as I can. Thank you for the links I will read the processing manuals from Kodak.

Hi thanks for your reply. I'm beginning to wonder if my bleach went bad, or if the fixer is kaput- the scans are over exposed and pulling them back has been difficult. Im hoping to see if anyone who's run bleach bypass could confirm this possibility?

Oh I should mention: all three strips are Vision3 500T. The first and the third are from the same can.

Hi Folks, I've been trying to get some practice processing ECN2 negs by running them in small quantity through a still camera and so far its been delivering good results. Today I remixed my developer (only) and got a very different base color, with all sorts of wonky color casts upon scanning. It also looks like I've over cooked the negative. Please see attached. It's not 100% clear through the phone camera, in reality, the negative on the bottom has a yellow/green cast to its base color, while the negatives on the top have a more peachy tone. The top two strips are from previous processing runs, and the bottom strip is the one I completed this evening. Would greatly appreciate any help!

Hi folks, so I landed a few hundred feet of this stock and was curious on how best to shoot and develop this in ECN2 kits. The fist run came out extremely thin, with heavy yellow-ish tinted grain. I'm using the QWD kit, and developing at 100F for 4 minutes, shooting at iso 200, agitating 4x a minute. Thanks!