Comments on: Processing colour slides at home

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:35:05 +0000

Good idea, once you have many rolls(may be 6) to do in one go.

First of all, I will need to know how to treat the Black and white film(TMAX) before to take a try since this requires time to do.

By: Phil Sorensen

Phil Sorensen — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:59:26 +0000

Where can I obtain E6 chemicals to process at home? I live in East London, South Africa. I used to get the Agfa 1 litre kits but I believe that Agfa are not in South Africa anymore. Can anybody help?

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:48:26 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Vinny, but the statement that 3-bath kits do not contain stabilizer is false. All of the Tetenal 3-bath kits that I’ve used contain a separate stabilizer step at the end.

See http://www.tetenal.com/index_c.htm?AKT=01120020002000300000&L=UK

The former Kodak engineer is correct about the role of blix, but in my experience this isn’t a problem in three-bath kits when they are used fresh and within capacity.

By: vinny

vinny — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:06:04 +0000

The 3-bath kits may produce results that look very similar to 6-bath kits but there is a difference. Here’s a quote from a former kodak engineer:
“Without a stabilzer solution with formaldehyde or some step with formalin, E6 image stability will suffer! With the E6 3 bath kit you have 1st Developer, Color Developer and Blix. There is no stabilzer! Also, the Blix has a tendancy to leave some silver metal and silver halide in the coating which can degrade sharpness, color, grain and highlights.”

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:48:08 +0000

I’ve been processing E6 for over 20 years. I currently use a 3 bath kit by Fuji Hunt. Just want to add something to do with shelf life. I bought my latest kit in 2007. It is a 5 litre kit and I’m still using the chemicals from the concentrat today. June 2009. My secret to longetivity is to purchase a small bottle of Argon Gas from a motor shop, used for Mig Welding. As you pour chemicals from the bottles let in some Argon Gas so that the gas sits on top of the chemical. This prevents oxygen reaching the liquid. Believe me this works and I still have good concentrate left. However I wouldn’t recommend this for the working strength solution. Use these up within two weeks.

By: danumurthi

danumurthi — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:26:15 +0000

THis is a very useful article. I live in Indonesia and getting an E-6 pro lab is near impossible, less the films and dev kits.

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By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:07:09 +0000

Kevin, the Fuji and Kodak colour slide processes are functionally equivalent, so there should be no problem developing Fuji slide film with the Kodak E6 chemistry.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:03:23 +0000

This article is great, thanks! Does anyone have experience developing Fuji slide film in Kodak chemicals? I believe Fuji sells chemicals to consumers only for black and white, and you have to be a business to get their color chemicals.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:26:38 +0000

Saad — The directions for the Tetenal kit should have info on the shelf life of the various components. The key is to keep things unmixed as long as you possibly can. The developer will be the most air-sensitive component — E6 developers are more active than those used for B&W photography and are more easily oxidized.