[MF3D.FORUM:833] Re: Processing E-6

[Mike Kersenbrock <michaelk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brenda Nowlan wrote:
> 
> I had a bit of a scare yesterday.  After processing, I
> unwound the film from the reels only to find big grayish
> brown clouds all along the center, to the sprockets.  This
> has been only my second time doing this.  The first time was

I'm not too far ahead of you, I've done maybe a half dozen
"batches" thus far.  And I use tetenal's chemistry
(the "three step" which really takes four steps).


> a breeze.  I used the Beseler E-6 kit purchased from my
> local camera store.  This kit (Chrome Six 3+) was from B&H.
> Since I was doing a large volume of slides and started with
> the 8 reel tank (need to get another one of these), this was
> going to be quite a loss for me.  As I put the 3rd roll of


You're doing eight reels at once?  Wow.... 

One thing you might check is the instructions.  I don't mean
that in a bad way.  I know the Tetenal has some limitations
when doing a large batch (in respect to the amount of 
chemistry).  To make numbers up (I don't have tetenal's
booklet handy, and seeing as how you're using Beseler, the
details won't matter)  if  a liter can do ten rolls,
then it could be in two batches of five, and the second
batch takes quite a bit longer in the liquids than the 
first batch.  Also the number of reels being done in a
batch influence the processing times.  

Is the first developer working out okay (not a bit on
the dark side)?

Mike K.