Developing Color 4x5 Print Negatives and Processing.

<p>Developing Color 4x5 Print Negatives and Processing. <br />I have one Omega Supper Chromega-D Dichroic Enlarger I also have Kodak Color Print viewing filter kit and I will be using an Omega SCA-100 Color Analyzer What Chemicals do I need for 4x5 Print Negatives? <br />Could someone give me a detailed list for Chemicals I will need for Developing Color Film and another detailed List for Chemicals I will need for processing the paper in an 8x10 Drum with electric Drum-turner</p>

 

<p>1 You must have a colour head (is yours?)<br />2 No need for listing chemicals as everything is pretty standardised and in kits. Dev of colour negs is called C41 process. Deving colour paper is the RA4 process.<br />3 Its tricky to do the RA4 bit without good hardware (temp control/in darkness) so be warned if there is much going on in that way with your drum setup.</p>

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<p>Colour chemistry kits are easy to get for RA4 colour paper. Adorama ship the 10 liter Kodak RA/RT kits. The developer is Kodak # 8415580, the bleach-fixer kit is Kodak product 8309031. These work well at room temp(20-22C) with Kodak Supra Endura paper, which is now discontinued. To use this chemistry at high temp you will need the starter for the developer, Kodak # 1026681 also from Adorama. For paper see Adorama for Fuji type II. Supposedly it works reasonably well at room temp, but I have never tried it.</p>

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<p>Color chemistry requires extremely precise temperature control, within .5 degree Fahrenheit, as well as consistent transitions between chemistry steps. Otherwise you'll get color shifts in your prints that will cause you to be constantly fighting between color filtration in your enlarger and your inconsistent development. I used to print color in the darkroom for years before switching to the hybrid film-scan-print method. I found the former far less satisfying than traditional b&w printing, and the latter more satisfying. That said, I still have some lovely and subtle color prints from the darkroom days.</p>

<p>OP has an interesting history of posts. I won't be contributing further.</p>