Developing E-6 Film

This is a video tutorial on how to develop E-6 Slide film at home. I use Arista Rapid E6 kit in this demonstration and some aspects of this video are specific to that. The general principles involved, though, apply to all small tank, home based, commercially available processing kits.

REMEMBER. The time for the 1st developer, color developer, and blix are dependent on the kit one is using! Be sure to thoroughly read the instructions of your kit before you begin processing.

ALWAYS use proper safety procedures, including wearing protective glasses and gloves, when mixing photo chemicals. Be wary that certain chemicals can be volatile, and accidental mixing can have unexpected results.

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• Film
• analogue
• c41
• ra4
• e6
• b/w
• color
• photography
• printing
• darkroom
• pentax
• 67
• 6x7
• 120
• 35mm
• lomo
• arista
• fre

[photigragraphy]

@indywayne44 Yes Ektachrome 100D reversal should work with any E-6 kit. At least according to Kodak Technical Data J-83 (google it).

[hrens2]

DO NOT do that in or close to your kitchen, where you cook your food! let alone pouring the chemicals to your kitchen sink. E-6 is nasty stuff.

DO NOT tumble around the chemicals in the tank. the inversions should be gentle and slow, so the chemical compound will cover all the film all the time. otherwise you'll get streaks of uneven development or worse.

DO use separate funnels for different chemicals, so they last longer.

be careful, stay safe, have good photos, have a nice day.

[radiocrash]

good stuff i learnt something valuable! i just processed some velvia 100f but it cam out very very dark reason being is i only heated first dev to 35. shouldn't have treated it as c41 ohh well. thanks for posting this

[Epsand]

wow that's e6 slide film?! It's in positive color :D

[jasonsitu]

sooo is it safe to do this next to all your food and kitchen utensils?

[BlairSimpkins]

Very good video. I see the Arista kit for about $35 online. Do you think you could get 10 rolls out of it?

[hertsman5]

Thankyou for taking the time to post this video - I was really worried about trying E6 but after watching your video I'm gonna give it a go !!

[sytran666]

where did you get the chemicals? i bought some tetenal 3bath a few years back but seems like they dont make that kit anymore.

[panchoskywalker]

Nice video, one question: what about the water/chemicals gettint cold while you work? Is that important?

[drjoefo]

Nice! I thought E-6 was a no no, but home development is gonna be a go go haha. I want to give it a shot!