[Darkroom] who wants to do some E-6?

Kelly hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com
Fri Jul 8 18:33:12 UTC 2011


Good! I have received the jugs but not the temp controller. The time is
soon.

Be shooting slide film, people!

Kelly
On Jul 8, 2011 12:14 AM, "Joshua T. Cobos" <academicdecathlon at gmail.com>
wrote:
> i'm going on a trip this weekend, i'll have some rolls when I get back.
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 10:18 AM, Kelly <hurtstotouchfire at gmail.com>
wrote:
>
>> Hey kiddos.
>>
>> We have our $100 raised (Rubin mostly) so I'm ordering the gear.
>>
>> If you have slide film you'd like to develop, add yourself to the queue
>> here:
>> https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Darkroom/Color_development_donations
>>
>> When we have enough people who want to develop, we will mix up some E6
>> chems.
>>
>> -Kelly
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 15:12, david pan <kaptures at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > Thanks Kelly for the heads-up on this. I would be down with E-6'ing, if
>> I
>> > were able to get out more and shoot. But I haven't really been for a
>> whiles
>> > now (as you know). I wish you lots of success.
>> >
>> > I am sure y'all are already familiar with Photographer's Supply on
Bryant
>> > (b/w 2nd & 3rd). Sometimes they have cheap film: expired, discontinued,
>> > small lots, whatever. I've picked up some Fuji Sensia 200 36 exp for
>> about
>> > $3/roll, some Kodak Elite Chrome 100 & 200 for $2, some Rollei R6 400
36
>> exp
>> > b&w for $2/roll I think. I know I got a bunch of Fuji T64 for crazy
>> cheap
>> > (maybe $4) which is one of the best films to redscale IMHO. I haven't
>> been
>> > in for a long time, but it just depends on what they're clearing out
ATM.
>> >
>> > Volker at Just Film was always nice to me, he's given me free rolls to
>> > review and give feedback on, but he'll never have anything bargain
priced
>> > like Photographer's Supply might.
>> >
>> > If anybody out there likes crazy toy-camera like saturated colors and a
>> good
>> > C-41 film stock for redscale that looks vintage, the former Konica
>> Centuria
>> > 100 that is now branded as DNP Centuria 100. Photo Plus on Polk was
>> selling
>> > me these rolls for I think $4/ea, since I was buying several rolls per
>> week
>> > a year or so ago (I think his name is Eric?). You can read my film
>> review
>> > on my flickr photo here.
>> > ---------------------------
>> >
>> > Just a brief intro of myself to the rest of you... Hi! I was doing a
lot
>> of
>> > experimenting using homemade developers last year. Using the standard
>> > Caffenol-C recipe (coffee as a film developer). Then started using
>> anything
>> > I could imagine and get my hands on: tea, rosemary, tobacco, wine,
orange
>> > peels, Tang/Gatorade/Hi-C powered mixes (fail!), vitamin supplements,
>> tree
>> > bark, etc.
>> >
>> > Somehow, I even got vibrant color from a few film/dev combo's. Like the
>> > enclosed Velvia 50 using rosemary as a film developer. Also attached:
>> Fuji
>> > NPH 400 developed in coffee (Caffenol-C) and DNP Centuria 100
redscaled.
>> >
>> > While I doubt I can make it in to Noisebridge anytime soon, I have a
heap
>> of
>> > things to deal with right now, if anybody has any questions about
>> homemade
>> > developers, perhaps I can try to be of some modest help?
>> >
>> > I also have the majority of a case of Fuji NPH 400 135-36 C-41 film
>> laying
>> > around expiring. I can offer Noisebridgers (?) 10 rolls if somebody
>> wants
>> > to swing by Hayes Valley within the next week to pick it up. This film
>> > stock used to sell for about $8/roll. It had always been in a freezer
>> until
>> > a few months ago, so the exp date on it is 3-2007. But it should still
>> be
>> > vibrant, reliable & excellent for a little while yet. I simply don't
>> know
>> > if I'm gonna need to move out from my place by July 1st, so after next
>> week,
>> > I can't say if I will still be available.
>> >
>> > Best of luck with the E-6. I am so jealous. I'd love to visit
>> Noisebridge
>> > sometime in the future & meet some fellow photography experimenters in
>> the
>> > community.
>> >
>> > Cheers.
>> >
>> > David Pan
>> > 415.637.3713
>> > my flickr: ambientimages
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Rubin Abdi <rubin at starset.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Done. Grab the money from me whenever.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Rubin Abdi
>> >> rubin at starset.net
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
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