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I also put the developing tanks out in the sun to dry. It was a sunny day so I thought creativity and loaded up my Ikea clothes airer with the film reels to air dry them. Drying film developing equipmentīased on experience I prefer to load film onto dry film reels/ film spools to try to avoid the film sticking or getting jammed when loading. 1 roll of 120 or 2 rolls of 35mm can be developed in a 2 reel tank). (You can develop 2 rolls of 120 film or 3 rolls of 35mm in a 3 roll tank. Film developing tank capacityĪs I was developing 120 film first the 3 tanks let me develop 5 rolls of film. One tank is a small 2 reel tank and then two larger 3 reel tanks. I made up 1 litre of tetenal C41 chemicals and then used 3 Paterson tanks.

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That means you have 12 weeks to shoot and develop 30+ rolls of C41 film! Mass film developingĪs I had a free day yesterday I wanted to develop as much film as I could. The remaining open stock concentrate solution are said to last 12 weeks per the box instructions. Once the bottles are opened the made up diluted stock is supposed to last 6 weeks (in an air tight bottle). An unopened boxes of film developing chemicals last ages to my knowledge. The reason I develop colour film less frequently than black and white film is (1) you need to have enough exposed film to make use of this amount of chemicals (you can get a 1 litre kit version too) and (2) the limited tetenal C41 shelf life. Usually I run out of time or interest by that stage even when working with multiple Paterson developing tanks. One litre solution is said to be sufficient to develop 16-18 rolls of film but I normally do slightly fewer rolls than this. This is a box of 6 bottles which you mix together to make up three solutions – developer, blix and stabilizer. The chemicals I use for developing colour film is the 2.5 litre tetenal C41 kit. This is B&W film that you can develop in C41 chemicals. It also includes C41 black and white film, Ilford XP2 Super.

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The lower bag of the film in photo is exposed standard C41 colour film such Kodak Ektar 100, Kodak Portra 160 & 400, Kodak Pro Image 100 etc. If you want to get Vision3 film with the Remjet already removed just buy CineStill 50D or Cinestill 800T. (Vision3 film needs the remjet removing so it can’t be lab developed). I bulk load these 35mm films then cross process in the Tetenol C41 chemicals. This includes Vision3 50D, 200T and 500T films. The top bag of film contains exposed ECN-2 Kodak Vision3 motion picture film. My backlog of exposed colour filmĪbove is a photo of my film to be developed. I have developed a couple of rolls in the lab during that time, for clients, but haven’t done any at home. This probably explains why I have so many film cameras! I’m always testing/ experimenting in search of the ‘ultimate’ camera! Film developing – previouslyįrom the dates on my film developer bottles the last time I did some C41 film developing at home was last July. My head is always buzzing with new ideas so I often skip from one project to the next. I always struggle with not enough hours in a day to do everything I want to achieve. > Join me on YouTube! No colour film developing for 12 months!

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Get inspired to try it yourself! If you are looking for a film developing guide you might prefer my more detailed how to develop film at home post! Me doing some C41 film developing at home yesterday.

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The last time I bulk loaded, Ronald Reagan was President, so it was probably around 1987.

I forget but I think it is roughly 18 rolls or 19 rolls of 36 exposures per 100 feet of film. If you have enough cartridges to roll 100 feet of film into individual rolls, then you only need one bulk loader.

You then cut a leader tongue on to the end of the film, and you have a bulk-loaded roll of film !

You load the 100 foot roll into the bulk loader, then you disassemble each cartridge and using a piece of tape tape the film to the spool, and then slip the spool into the cartridge housing, and then replace the removable end cap and then slip the cartridge into the film loader, close the door, open the light trap door, and then crank in 12 or 20 or 24 or 36 exposures, then close the light trap door, open the main door, and snip the film. 100 foot long rolls of bulk black and white film and a 25-pack of reloadable 35 mm cartridges would be my suggestion.