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

[Eric Steinberg]

Hey all,

I'm going to drop by tonight (cinco de mayo) and leave the chemicals in the
darkroom.  They are in their original box, marked Kodak; it'll be on a shelf
somewhere in there.  Call me! (415)819-2009

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Jasmine Strong
<jasmine at electronpusher.org>wrote:

>
> On May 2, 2011, at 2:33 PM, Kelly wrote:
>
> We need a sous-vide bath or something to actually use these chems. I'm all
> for it though! I have some e100vs that I need to develop. I also think we
> should get this stuff together so we can do C41 development as well.
>
> Jas, would you mind providing a basic list of gear we should have? My
> recollection goes something like this:
>
> -sous-vide bath of some sort to control temp of chems, which includes:
> --large tub
> --thermometer / heater temp controller
>
>
> I use a polythene storage bin, fish tank heater and digital temperature
> controller for this.  Be sure to get either a glass or a titanium heater as
> C41 blix will corrode stainless steel.  I got this stuff from pets.com.
>
> http://www.wonbrothers.com/product/heater/d58.htm
>
> This is the controller I have.  It plugs right in.
>
> -plastic reels (got those)
>
>
> The Paterson reels work well with colour chemistries.  Metal = bad as the
> nickel in stainless steel catalyzes CD4 breakdown.
>
> -timer (got that too)
>
> -accordion bottles so that the chems don't get too much oxygen exposure
>
>
> You also need an accurate thermometer to within 0.5 deg F.  I use a digital
> thermometer I got from Coles for $15, though you can also put a medical
> thermometer in a ziplok bag (the temperature range of a fever thermometer is
> perfect for colour chemistries, which are all around 100 to 105 deg F., and
> they are highly accurate.)
>
> -J.
>
>
> -Kelly
>
> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 07:48, Eric Steinberg <ergomatic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hi all,
>>
>> I've got a box of E-6 chemicals (Kodak) just waiting to be used...it's a 6
>> bath kit. i'll swing by on Monday night and leave it in the darkroom. i have
>> a few rolls of Ektachrome that i wanna process. also, who has knowledge
>> about the Agfa machine that's there?
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Eric Steinberg
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