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Hi all. I have a Tetenal 3 bath E6 Kit arriving tomorrow as the Fuji 3 bath kit is now no longer . What I would like to know is, are the solution mixes and dev/fix times the same. I have been going by the Parkin method (cheers Tim) and it would be handy to stick with it as I have rather a lot of film to process.

Thanks,

Sean

Hi Sean

I used the 3 bath Tetanol E6 before I found a supplier of the Fuji Hunt chemicals. It works exactly the same, pay attention to the pH in the same way and colours will be fine. E6 is a standardised process as far as I can recall, so trust the manufacturer to get it right with their R&D.

Having said that, I wouldn't be loading the tank up first time with 12, or even 6 images which were precious!

Best wishes

Bax

Hello Bax,

Thanks for the info and advice, I think I'll try it first with a batch of old undeveloped B sheets and compare them with the A's.

Thanks again,

Sean

Hey Sean,

I use the same dev times as per the Fuji hunt E6 process. For rotary processing Tetenal recommend 7 minutes for the 1st dev but after talking to PaulD he said his were coming out slightly overexposed so I dropped the 1st dev to 6 minutes 30". All the ones I have done have come out fine at these timings.

Who's turn is it to organise the next meet up?

Cheers,

Glenn

This is all good info guys, I too will be switching to these kits once my current batch of fuji has gone.

P.s. do these kits come with stabiliser/ formaldehyde?

dave_whatever wrote:P.s. do these kits come with stabiliser/ formaldehyde?

Mine came with stabiliser.

You get the same type of chemicals as the Fuji kit:

• First Dev
• Colour Dev
• Blix
• Stab

Just watch the mixing quantities for the colour dev parts as it's different for the Fuji kit.

Thanks Glenn. Chemicals have arrived and it's time to get started.

This is my plan using 250ml solutions:

first dev: 50ml dev/200ml water for 6.5 min
colour dev: 60ml part A, 40ml part B 150ml water for 7 min
blix:50ml part A, 50ml part B 150ml water for 7 min
stab:10ml stab 240ml water

Please let me know if I'm way off course

Cheers,

Sean

p.s. Where is the next trip you're organizing?

Sean Lewis wrote: This is my plan using 250ml solutions:

first dev: 50ml dev/200ml water for 6.5 min
colour dev: 60ml part A, 40ml part B 150ml water for 7 min
blix:50ml part A, 50ml part B 150ml water for 7 min
stab:10ml stab 240ml water

Please let me know if I'm way off course

Looks good, here are the solutions and timings I used and I've highlighted the differences:

1st Developer: 50ml 1st developer + 200ml water @ 6.5 min
Colour Developer: 50ml developer Part 1 + 30ml developer Part 2 + 170ml water @ 6 min
Bleach Fix: 50ml bleach fix Part 1 + 50ml bleach fix Part 2 + 150ml water @ 6 min
Stabiliser: 10ml stabiliser + 240ml water

Sean Lewis wrote: p.s. Where is the next trip you're organizing?

Hmmm, could look at Avebury and the start of the Ridgeway?

Oh yes, I do have a word/pdf document covering the following processes:

• Tetenal E6 -250ml
• Tetenal C41 -250ml
• B&W Rotary - 250ml
• B&W Hand inversion - 300 and 600 ml

It lists the amount of chemicals required and timings. Timings cover both chemical and washes, drop me a PM if you would like a copy.

Disclaimer: I put this together for how I work so you may need to adjust timings, chemicals, etc for your own workflow

Thats brilliant, I shall be cracking on with that Saturday morning.

Thanks Glenn and Bax for all the info, and good luck with your processing Dave.

Sean

p.s. Avebury sounds good.