tom_harvey3 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 Has anyone in this forum ever tried developing color negative film(Ferraniacolor 200) in conventional B&W chemistry? I've acquired a working Instamatic 500 camera (and have a working Instamatic 814on the way) and plan to run some rolls of Ferraniacolor 200 through them. I'mnot sure what ISO rating and developer would be best for this film, but I'veheard that it can be quite sharp when handled properly. Thanks in advance for any assistance! TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discpad Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 When I want some "quick & dirty" test shots I often expose expired color film at about 2/3rd of the box speed and develop in Diafine... Others use D-76... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrydressler Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 I saw some 126 CN film on ebay recently keep an eye out for it. also There was some 126 B&W C-41 process made by Ferrinia there recently. Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randrew1 Posted June 5, 2006 Share Posted June 5, 2006 There are two problems with B&W processing of color neg films. There are usually two layers that have metallic silver. The anti-halation undercoat has gray silver and the yellow filter layers often has Carey Lea silver. In a color negative process, all silver is removed. In a B&W process it stays. This will not make the negatives upprintable, but it will make them rather dense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad1 Posted June 6, 2006 Share Posted June 6, 2006 Why don't you try to use B+W Developer and the bleach as usual and fix with b+w fixer or any combinason of color vs bw chem, that can helps clear this high density base that will make your neg really crappy to print... Use Slides.. I just did that few min. ago. rate your iso 3 stops higher than the film iso, (under-ex 3 stop)when shooting, process in any regular strenght (like HC-110 dil.B) about 24 Celcius for 17 Min and c41 Fix (room temp 6 min)then wash and after Bleach (room temp 6 min)and Wash and you will have a b+w neg out of a color slide film but your neg will be grey (w/ provia 400 for ememple)and you can try it like this to print but the process is Half way in real... You have to process it in the whole Standard C-41 process and the results will be absolutly crazy!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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