Fuji Superia 1600 in Kodak D76?

<p>My camera broke, the film door flew open and ruined a roll of Superia 1600. It's not worth sending off to be processed so I was doing to dunk it in D76 to see what I can salvage. Any ideas about what the development time should be in D76 stock?</p>

I doubt if the entire roll was ruined. The anti-halation coating on the back of film prevents light from passing through. If the film was tightly wound on the take up reel, only two or three frames might be ruined. If the film was still in place over the shutter, five or six frames might have been ruined.

<p>Thats what I'm hoping James. </p>

<p>Yes, you can supposedly run C-41 film through B&W developer and get an image. But it's likely to be poor quality image. You may have wasted a few frames with the camera popping open but you'll likely waste the entire roll by trying to develop it as B&W.<br /><br />Most labs charge a fixed price for developing the film and the charge per-print for printing, so you don't get charge for pictures that don't "turn out." That means the lab will likely charge you a little less for a roll that's short a few usable shots. And you can always also for develop-only and get just the film developed with no prints for maybe $3-4</p>

<p>I've seen good results from C41 in D76 and the stuff on the film is not important to me. I have a big batch of D76 sitting here so I am going to do it anyway... I just need a development time. I am thinking of 20 mins at 20 celsius in D76 stock but would like some other opinions before I try it.</p>

<p>I think 20 minutes is too long. I suspect less than 10, but I don't have a better number. </p>

<p>Years ago I did a couple rolls of Fuji 800 in D76 1+1 for 12-13 mins and got passable results, so maybe 8ish minutes for D76 stock?</p>

<p>Thanks guys, that's good info. If I get anything worthwhile I'll let you know.</p>

<p>Well it worked. I processed it for 7.5 minutes at 23 celsius. Unfortunately only a few frames had survived the light leak and they were all junk anyway. Nevertheless it was an interesting experiment. Here's an example...</p><div></div>