Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> Please answer this question only if you have something useful to add.
>
> While buying a C-41 kit for $16 from B&H may be a viable option in
> the U.S., here it is impossible. Not only would I have to ship it
> via surface mail (2-3 months by boat), but the post office just added
> a $10 customs fee (plus taxes and other fees) to receive any package
> from outside of Israel.
>
> To recap, I have a lot of APS C-41 Kodak color negative film of
> dubious quality, a bunch of cheap APS cameras and want to carry
> one around for snapshots.
>
> Doing a lot of web searching, I've found out how to open and remove the
> film from the cartridge. I've found the specs on the film, and think
> that I can convert a Paterson reel to the proper spacing without
> preventing it from being useable for normal (35mm) film.
>
> I've found several web pages with examples of prints from XP-2 and
> similar film developed in Rodinal, and comments about developing
> color film the same way, but absolutely no specifications.
>
> I happen to have Rodinal, getting other developers may be near
> impossible at the moment.
>
> If you have any information about dilution and development time,
> I would appreciate it. For me the best temperature would be 75F, the
> outside temperature went from the low 60's to the mid 70's in the
> last week.
I haven't done it with Rodinal, but I did it with Ilford
LC29. I used the time for HP5 as my starting point (6:30
with LC29), and found that was pretty close to as good as it
got.
I ran a couple of rolls of C-41 through B&W dev to see how
good I could get it, but really it was a waste of time. I
got some reasonable results out of it, but the negs are
fairly low contrast, on a VERY dark brown base. Impossible
to print, and difficult to scan.
If you can't get hold of C-41 chem, I'm sure there'll be
some minilabs around still. Alternatively if you want to
process your own film in B&W chem then get B&W film. If you
persist doing C41 film in B&W chem, I'm sure you'll find
that you'll do 1 or 2 rolls, and realise that the results
aren't worth the effort.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Geoff.
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