Testing Your Film Chemistry: The Art of the Snip Test

The snip test is one of the best ways to see if your photographic chemistry is still working properly. This helps you know if the chemistry you have will work properly and not ruin your images before you put your precious rolls into a development tank. @linusandhiscamera and Andre take you through how to perform a snip test for black & white, color negative, and E-6 chemistries. Check the timestamps below to skip to the respective processes.

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0:00 - intro
0:47 - Df96 Monobath Snip Test
1:38 - 2-Bath Black & White Snip Test
3:02 - Cs41 Color Negative Snip Test
4:27 - Cs6 Color Positive Snip Test
5:29 - outro
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[iOSJailbreaksSL]

This was incredibly helpful! Thank you for putting out videos that help your customers save money

[linusandhiscamera]

i’ve already ran this video back before developing with my monobath kit 😂
memory is hazy sometimes! loved making this one ❤️🎞

[StarLightDotPhotos]

I started off on your DF96 monobath and that was the gateway drug to C-41 development!

[Beingaroundbean]

Andre, thanks for the call the other day!!!

[arvinsantiago]

Woody & Buzz, Riggs & Murtaugh, Tango & Cash, Batman & Robin. These are just some of the greatest duos we've ever seen, and now we can add Andre & Linus to that list.

[AdrianDoyleIreland]

Cheers Andre & Linus 🍻 I have heard of snip tests on podcasts but not confident in trying it until now

[reecepdln]

Can you show how to shoot and develop expired film?

[wilbmoore]

Would both sides be black or just one side

[MetalShinSlid]

Regarding the C41 process: does all color negative film turn opaque black when testing the developer, regardless of the color of the emulsion itself? Great video and it's exactly what I needed, as I'm about to try and use my C41 chemistry that's been on storage for like 4 months already, I'm trying to figure out how far I can push this mix and still get results.

[drewmcmurdo]

2 questions, does it matter if my test strip film is expired? My second question is, can you use color film to test your B&W chemicals? I have quite a few rolls of expired Gold 200 and I thought about just sacrificing a roll and cutting the entire roll into strips just to have them on hand

[danallansarthou]

Do simple color film develop, In film negative will invert for positive?

[photo]

Hi, my piece of film after the test is transparent, chemistry has only processed 5 films..where is the error?

[georgesmith]

g'Day you blokes. Just discovered your system appears to be just what I've searching for. Here in Australia it's hard to get a lot of processing stuff the market is so small I'll be following up in the next few days. How much to sent a powder kit to Australia.

[abohosamabohosam]

Hello, can this developer work with fomapan 35mm 100, , I am waiting for a response, thank you..

[andyvan]

good idea, but how do you do it if, say you are processing 120 MF roll film, or LF sheet film( or wet/dry plates, or tintypes) as these are discrete units, not a roll of stock, and at $20 AUD or so a sheet, etc, would turn out a quite expensive test.

[Heastman]

I have tried to develop 3 rolls with Cinestill Monobath DF96 and Lab Box, and I have damaged all 3 rolls, I do everything according to the manual, and the videos I have seen on the internet, and the film is not revealed, the emulsion remains stuck to the film, the product is new, any suggestions? Thanks in advance

[jasonlamarking]

Just tried this with CS41 Dev and it did not come out opaque black but very dense brown/red. I'm assuming that means the dev is bad but I only mixed this kit a month ago and processed two rolls of 120. Wonder what happened? Chems were stored properly.

[federicafusco]

Thanks for the video. I just developed my second film and it came out completely blank. I did the test and it didn't become black. So maybe the developer is exhausted? (It s strange it is my second one and I did it after 2 months). In the case I wrongly inverted the two, how can I understand what s the developer and what s the bleach? They seem of the same color.... maybe the smell? Please help xD thanks

[Heastman]

I have tried to develop 3 rolls with Cinestill Monobath DF96 and Lab Box, and I have damaged all 3 rolls, I do everything according to the manual, and the videos I have seen on the internet, and the film is not revealed, the emulsion remains stuck to the film, the product is new, any suggestions? Thanks in advance