Topic: Baby's 1st E6 Colour Slides

[LeonY]

Im happy to glot, that last night i successfully developed my very 1st EVER, 120 roll of Fuji Colour Slide Film. I used the Tetenal Colortec E6 kit, which was relatively simple to mix and use and pretty good value for money. $64AUD for 12 rolls ($5.30 per roll)


I fumbled the end of the roll, because i was so excited ot get it into the tank(thats why it look so shit on the left of the image)


But all up i was amazed, me and my future wife were staring at the colours going 'wooooow' for sometime.

[original_ann]

Fantastic!  It's an exhilarating feeling unrolling a reel of self developed color!

[Francois]

When I think how many kids will never get the chance to look at a slide in their life.
Colors and resolution sure beats the latest LCD display...

[jojonas~]

wow~ always a sensation looking at a bunch of slides, holding them up to the light. but developing them yourself?? that would be like magic~
did you have a hard time with the temperature?

[astrobeck]

superb!
Your results look great and thanks for sharing...I've been thinking of doing this, but just haven't worked up the nerve.

Now maybe I'll be brave and jump!

Thanks!

[LeonY]

The whole process wasnt too over the top. I had all the fhems in a sink full of 40c water. And i rehearsed it before hand thinking it would be difficult. But yeah awesome results.

[Phil Bebbington]

Great stuff!

[Alan]

cool - i am making my way through a c-41 tetenal kit too with plans to give the e-6 kit
a twist also.

results look good - well done.

[Urban Hafner]

Well done. I haven't even started with my C41 kit ...

[KevinAllan]

There's nothing like the satisfaction of seeing an E6 image in all it's glory as soon as you pull it out of the tank (though they can be a bit dulll before they've dried off). I started with E6 processing then switched to C41; it's not really economical to keep two lots of chemicals on the go unless you have a really high throughput because there is a danger that the chemicals will expire before you have used them up.

[AJShepherd]

I've used the Tetenal C41 kits for the last few years, and on the whole had great results.
I keep meaning to try E6 some time. Admittedly I might just leave it until next spring!

[Francois]

The chems can have a surprisingly long lifespan. Much longer than what is written on the label.
One of our members (Al) pushed the life of C-41 for a very long time. And since the negs are scanned, exact color balance is not as important as when doing some RA-4