Originally Posted by
lassethomas
OK, so I've got the slide bug in general and the Velvia 50 bug in particular. I've been trying it on and of for a while, with 35mm and with 120 on my 6x12 back on my Chamonix.
So many things against it, I know. No latitude. Miss exposure with a third of a stop and you're smoked. Sunny day? More or less forget it. And then there is the magenta cast. And so on...
But when you get it right there is nothing like it. The greens are out the world, so are the blues. The wonderful separation of the yellows and blues. Color negative film and digital is no match.
Enough of praise. Thing is, if I want to shoot sheets (4x5) there is no lab in Sweden that can handle E6 larger than 120 (as far as I know, and I've looked, but if you know otherwise please tell me).
I could send abroad I guess but I rather keep it local.
So, my thought would be to do it myself.
I'm lazy so I'm thinking to get a Job CPE2 or CPE3 or something similar, to help me get the temperature and agitation right. Expensive, sure, but I think it could pay for itself in the long run.
And then the Tetenal 3 bath E6-kit for developing slides.
So my questions/thoughts to the forum is:
For those of you who have tried, what to think of?
Have I missed something obvious?
Is the Tetenal kit delivering the same thing as the original 6 bath solution
And so on... anything would be wonderful
/Lasse
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