To coin the famous Konica tagline, if colours are calling you, developing with the Colortec C41 Rapid Negative Kit is a simple and economic option providing the home developer with independence and consistent reliability. This processing kit consists of colour developer, blix (Bleach+Fix) plus. I generally only use colour during the Summer and Autumnal seasons, when colour is subjectively more integral to the picture as opposed to light and shade. Tetenals famous Colortec home processing chemicals in a handy 1L C41 kit. When drying they soon become transparent and are ready for scanning. Usually I wipe off the excess between thumb and finger.Ĭ41 film bases often come out of the stabilizer looking a little creamy and fogged up, as if they have been improperly fixed. Unlike traditional black and white this should remain on the film during the drying process. Stabilizer: A solution which protects the surface of the film. Bleaching converts metallic silvers into halides the Fix then then removes the halides revealing the colour dyes. Generally between 3’15” to 4’00” dependant on the number of films processed.īlix (Bleach & Fix): A combined solution which is sometimes a two-stage process with other kits.

Pre-heat and rinse: Several minutes of prewash will displace and dirt on the film and bring the temperature of the tank and film to 38C ready for development.Ĭolour Developer: The most time and temperature critical process. Costing in the region of £15, the kit provides excellent value for money compared to minilab processing. The TETENAL MAGIC-BOX Beginner kit consisting of concentrates for colour developer. Comprising six bottled solutions, in combination the kit provides you with a Colour Developer, A Blix and a Stabilizer which can be cycled for up to sixteen films. MAGIC-BOX C-41 NEGATIVE RAPID 2 BATH KIT FOR PROCESSING 1 FILM.

C41 processing doesn't get much simpler than the 1 litre Tetenal Colortec C41 Rapid Negative Kit.

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