Developing a C 41 color print film with B/W cemicals

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I found an old KodaColor print roll in an old camera I had purchased and just wanted to develope it to see the frame outlines if any. I included it in a small tank with a roll of Iford Pan F using Xtol 1:1 at 9 min . The color roll had very faint outlines of some images but mostly a dull brownish blank. Sure , I could have sent at to a C41 processor but this was just a whim to see what would happen in my own darkroom. Has any one had better luck and what chemicals were used ? Russ

-- Russell E Brubaker (brbkr@macs.net), November 04, 2001

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Altho this roll was not color, it was to be developed in C-41 chemistry. One of my students developed it in HC110 solution B and got images. The stain was intense so he did not use in filters when printing but prints where ok. not great, as the grain pattern was effectived greatly however, we did discover that it could be done. How useful is another question that is best left to the owner of the film.

-- Ann C lancy (clancya@mediaone.net), November 04, 2001.

Thanks - I doubt I will ever get another C41 process roll to experiment on , but never know what could be left inside cameras aquired at sales. Its like finding the picture taker's ghost ! Russ

-- Russell E Brubaker (brbkr@macs.net), November 06, 2001.

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