On Monday, November 21, 2005 at 9:09:25 AM UTC-8, Rex the Strange wrote:
I've been toying with the idea of getting into slide film developing
and have been doing some research on the subject. Most notably I've
been looking into mixing my own E6 chemicals and I found this "how to"
guide:
http://www.opie.net/orphy/photo/dr/wkft-e6.html
Here, the writer gives a step-by-step breakdown of how to mix the
chemicals and how to do the processing. However, he notes (in note 1)
that at some point in the processing you need to expose the film to
light.
Another site that I saw mentions that an advantage of E6 processing
over other slide film processing methods (such as E4) is that this step
is not necessary.
So, here's the question: what is he talking about? This sounds to me
like a very tricky step that could easily scrap all of your hard work
and probably one to be avoided if possible.
Is this really necessary and, if not, then is there a step that needs
to be done instead (some sites I saw mention a "reversal processing"
step using a different chemisty.
I'm confused. Can someone please explain?
tia,
rts
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