Well after debating sending it out to a lab I finally decided to give processing my own E-6 a try. I am pretty happy with the results, I used the Unicolor rapid kit (3 bath) and it seems to have worked quite well. I also noticed that the instructions for the unicolor kit are identical (down to the illustrations) to the Arista kit Freestyle sells so I have a suspicion that they are the same. I thought I would post a few of the shots here, any comments good or bad are more than welcome.
Are these 4x5's?
A three bath "E-6" like process would HAVE to have a 1st. developer, Color developer and Blix, so that wouldn't leave room for a 4th chemical. Any three bath is a big compromise. The color stability of the final image will not be good in the long term.
Looks pretty good to me. Did you use a jobo processor (or similar) to keep the temperature constant? Gene, I was considering trying some E-6 processing myself, you would recommend the 6 bath process? How does it effect longevity of the slides?
Evan
I use the 3 bath Tetenal, it has a stabilizer so should be 4 bath!
I assume the Unicolour kit is the same.
Gari
Make a duplicate and send one to a pro E6 lab.
Blix does not remove all that bleach+fix does and can not be made to work. Stabilizer is not the issue.
I used a unicolor drum and basically used the technique from the unicolor article on this forum. I imagine that the temperature may have moved a little, the drum was warmed with the pre soak but that is it.Originally Posted by argos33
Yes the photo's attached are 4X5's
As far as the 3 bath vs the 6 bath I may try the 6 bath version but the three is the only one I have used so far.
For any of the 3 bath kits:
What is the capacity of the kit?
Freestyle documentation here (identical to Unicolor) says 32 4X5's or 8 8X10's in a quart.
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