I send Community Letters every last Tuesday of every month where I share the latest news, events, and stories from the #filmphotography community.
In this 61st edition, I talk about various film developers (inc. Sativa Cannanol), #Fujifilm axing another film, new apps for film photographers, and a new colour 4x5 film:
You can finally get the ECN-2 kit from Bellini from Freestyle Photo.
I know I swore off doing motion picture film processing at home, but I really love the bulk color film I get: and have seen that done well, the results are outstanding.
I’ve ordered a kit and will review it. I was using random chemicals before, which may haha contributed to my bad time with it. Bellini always has top notch stuff
I've read somewhere on the 'net that infrared film dies quickly and dies an ugly death. So I shot a roll of Kodak HIE expired in 2006 and can confirm the saying! 😐
Kodak HIE developed in FX39II 1+14 at 19°C.
Nikon FE with Tamron Adaptall-2 24mm F2.5 lens, IR720nm filter.
Plustek OpticFilm 8100 + VueScan, and a lot of dodging and burning to get somewhat presentable results.
Just to give the reference, here are two completely unedited, raw frames. One I managed to edit into something usable, the other one left me with nothing to work on. Out of 16 photos, 12 can be edited into something recognizable (versions of photos from the previous two posts), the other four weren't as forgiving. That's analogue photography in a nutshell - it's never truly repeatable.
Rare discount on my favorite C-41 color film developing chemicals
They’re the only ones I use (I prefer them to the Cinestill kit. The chemicals are better quality and the processing time is shorter. Instead of blix, bleach and fix are separate but somehow requires shorter times than blix)