Tetenal E6 Kit

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Tetenal E6 Kit

Post by Sean Lewis » Tue May 22, 2012 7:44 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Hi all. I have a Tetenal 3 bath E6 Kit arriving tomorrow as the Fuji 3 bath kit is now no longer :x . 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,

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Re: Tetenal E6 Kit

Post by Baxter » Tue May 22, 2012 8:49 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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

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Re: Tetenal E6 Kit

Post by Sean Lewis » Tue May 22, 2012 9:02 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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

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Re: Tetenal E6 Kit

Post by Glenn Haworth » Tue May 22, 2012 10:12 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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? :wink:

Cheers,

Glenn

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Post by dave_whatever » Wed May 23, 2012 9:29 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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?

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Post by Glenn Haworth » Wed May 23, 2012 12:21 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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.

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Re: Tetenal E6 Kit

Post by Sean Lewis » Wed May 23, 2012 5:48 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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? :wink:

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Re: Tetenal E6 Kit

Post by Glenn Haworth » Wed May 23, 2012 9:03 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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?

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Re: Tetenal E6 Kit

Post by Glenn Haworth » Wed May 23, 2012 9:13 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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 :)

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Re: Tetenal E6 Kit

Post by Sean Lewis » Wed May 23, 2012 10:44 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

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 :D

p.s. Avebury sounds good.

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