----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Re: Decisions...Decisions...
When you (or JCO) get a moment, can you provide a brief rundown on what's
needed. No rush ...
A rotary processor is nice, but if you can do bare bones processing, a stainless tank will do fine.
The standard C-41 process runs at 38�C and has a development time of 3:15, which is hot and short for a dump and refill process, so I would definitely look into one of the low temp long time chemistry sets. The Arista that JCO mentioned seems about ideal.
85�F is well within the range of a low tech waterbath approach to chemical tempering, You could probably do it with a sink of warm water, and spike it with hot when the temp starts to fall off.
Development time and temp is pretty critical, but after that, it isn't so important. You can bleach/fix at just about any temp as long as you extend the times out to compensate, the same applies to the wash. Just don't pour cold into a warm tank, the film will reticulate.
William Robb
