How to develop color film: Tetenal Colortec C-41

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[suntoryjim]

Get a cheap Styrofoam beverage cooler case (the disposable ones that people take on picnics) and use that as your hot water bath (metal bowls/pots dissipate heat quickly). Keep your developing tank in the hot water bath for the duration of the 6 mins when you're not agitating it. Also use an electric kettle to top-off with hot water to bring the temp up if needed instead of running gallons of hot water from the tap. If you want to be an absolute water miser, get a 2 gallon plastic bucket to capture all of your rinse water and then use that to flush your toilet.

[jacob.b.barnes]

It's become a recent tradition of mine to make tea and watch your videos. Thank you for bringing me joy!

[ahlads]

I use a plastic ikea storage container, fill it with hot water, let the chemicals sit in the water, stick the thermometer into the developer bottle and wait until it reaches 39C. take all 3 bottles out and start. there's no way the temperature will drop more than the 2C tolerance during the whole development process (I've timed it :-) ) .

I also found a great app called 'lab timer' which allows you to set up all your timers with labels so it's less things to think about. I found the first time I developed I was thinking about all the stuff I had to do and mildly panicking so anything that can help to remove some of these things is great. The 3 most important things I've found to help in no particular order are 1) fast reading thermometer 2) funnel (getting the chemicals back in the bottles is quick and easy) 3)lab timer app

I've had actually more issues with scanning than developing. Getting rid of those microscopic hairs on the frame holder is a right pain.

Love your channel

[toomasrett]

Good going. Its your first roll. Do not give up. I used a 10 gallon aquarium. It worked....

[aidahma]

I have actually no idea about photography but I love to watch you trying new things and pursuing your dream. Started watching you when you lived in Berlin and really enjoy seeing you and Fran finding your path. I'm from Spain but currently living in Germany so hearing you both talking in Spanish sometimes is really nice. Keep going you two!

[markuskaiengel]

Hey Ed, great episode!
I am using the same kit and I found out that you really don't need an aquarium heater if you use hot tap water and put it into a big bucket and then put your chemical-bottles inside and wait until they warm up to the right temperature. Usually I use the 38C Method, I just find it easier to hold the chemicals at that temperature then at 30C. I usually use tap water around 45C to fill up the bucket. I found out that if your chemicals are at room temperature and you put them into the bucket, the temp of the bucket and the chemicals will even out at 38C. They also keep that temperature for quite a while.
Another tip: Squeeze out all the air from your chemical-bottles once you're done developing. That makes them last longer and you can get almost double the amount of films out of one kit.
Keep going man, you are a big inspiration to me, I love your photography!!

[OneYearWithFilmOnly]

Thanks to your video I jumped into the C-41 process and can now develop my pushed color film. It changes everything to be so independent.

[FotosyMas.]

Waiting for your "developing color film the brute way" video

[TimothymakeupsDitzler]

Don't feed the temperature monster! I develop c41 at home all the time and as long as you keep it within a degree or two you'll be fine! Great video!!!

[borderlands]

There's more temperature leeway than manufacturers recommend, and you'll still get consistent colours. If you put your dev tank in a bowl of water of the same temperature, drift will be negligible over the duration of development. I've always used 38 degree C/100F, which is 3 mins 15 sec for up to 4 films - not enough time for big temperature swings.

The chemistry lasts much longer than the official figures if kept dark, air is removed in concertina bottles, and it's used within a reasonable amount of time, say 6-9 months. I dispose after 25 films and notice no colour shifts, but people claim 50 rolls+ for a 1 litre kit! If you use Poundland film, that makes for incredibly cheap colour photography!

Once you've developed a few films it becomes totally routine - just remember to put the chemistry back in the same bottles, that's the biggest premature killer of development kits.

[artoutlawphoto]

thx man. I bought the same kit for a month now, did not had time, all so i was a bit scared to do it. Your video saved me. I used the 38 degrees and it worked. Thumbs up dude!

[RandellJohn]

If you want a really good water heater/circulator then get yourself a 'Anova Culinary Sous Vide Precision Cooker' from Amazon. Just clip to the side of a 10Ltr tank, pour in your water and set the temp. Drop your chemicals in and wait for the temps to stabilise and your ready to go.
Saves messing about with 2 or 3 fish tank heaters, and this thing is accurate to 1/10th of a degree.
You can cook a nice steak with it when you've finished as well. Love mine, but the price is a bit of a hit at £99

[markharris]

I'm really glad you took up through your first time, sometimes when people have been doing something for a while they get so used to do it they forget to mention little things. I've just ordered my first C-41 kit and my first film is Fujifilm Pro 160ns from my Bronica, so I'll be doing my first 120 film and colour film on the same day. 😳😳😳😳😳🤢🤢🤢

[gearreallydoesntmatter]

For color I stick to room temperature and stand development. No hassle, no agitations. Probably because Im lazy but the results are good as well. great video as always!

[Jakthehero]

ive been into photography on and off within the past few years, this year ive gotten really into it, especially film photography, i love your videos :)

[ConstantThrowing]

Using this for my first foray in to colour negative film photography (outside of college like 10 years ago)

[chelepalma]

Me gustan mucho tus videos y definitivamente eres un excelente fotógrafos saludos

[jhead]

Hey man...amazing channel. Found it yesterday and just can´t stop to watch it:) Thanks for the Brighton shoot. I love the town. Lived there about three years and miss it now. These pictures turned out really great with that vintage look. Might not be what the kodak suppose to be, but for me looks fantastic...definitely not a wash out look. Thanks for the inspiration, now I can see, that it is not that hard to develop colour film. Btw. as someone mention you should try to find helios for the Zenit, I got it from a flee market for just about fifty pence with non working zenit body and still use it on micro 4/3 body. Cheers Jan

[liberealistic]

I love this product to and I am happy ADOX cloned it after Tetenal closed down. It is now called ADOX C-TEC 41. They also revived the E-6 3-Bath kit ;-)

[andyhu]

Thank you for the tutorial, I’ve just developed two rolls of Kodak portra. I can’t wait to scan them in