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E-6 Reversal using C-41 Chemistry and Black and White Developer (HC-110, Rodinal etc) (www.photrio.com)

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So I don't shoot slide film enough to justify having the E6 chemistry on hand, but have seen this process come up a few times where you effectively use a common black and white developer to do a first development on the film, which is subsequently taken out of the developing tank, fogged intentionally using a light source, and development continues using C41 chemistry. This is similar to the E6 process which also uses a first developer, but differs in that E6 uses a chemical fogging agent.

Has anyone tried this and had any decent results? I've got a bulk roll of Ektachrome to do some experiments but the less film wasted the better.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd be super interested in trying this sometime with some of that new Aerocolor that is being rebranded everywhere. I think it is C-41 with a clear base but takes decently well to being x-pro'd as slide, and it's cheap enough and plentiful that I wouldn't be sad about wasting some compared to my sweet sweet Velvia.