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Cross processed Aerocolor in E6. Looks pretty dark. First time doing E6 so not confident in my troubleshooting. Used Unicolor e6 kit. My experience in normal dev plus knowledge of the process tells me too long in the first dev or underexposed, but I rated it at 100ISO and my camera light meter is accurate when compared to a L-858. So probably too long first dev? I followed the kits instructions to a T however. Unsure where I went wrong. Pic 1 is held up to light, pic 2 is on the light table. Results online of this cross process on the light table looks much better

Continuing my journey of cooking outside of my kitchen job with the grill. Not a fan of how much the temp can vary when at the same gas setting. Seared for like 10 mins, closed lid for 5, rested for 5. Came out borderline rare. Would prefer med rare on a skirt steak. Went on some tacos. Bit chewy. Marinade was fire. Homemade everything (s/o to my friends). Hidden flank steak resting in the back of too.

Clickbait title, I’ve worked in kitchens for the past 7 yrs but was vegatarian the whole time so never ate any meat at home or really cooked at home. Stole a hanger to see if I could still make it well without an industrial kitchen to inflate my ego. Came out alright. Pan seared in some clarified herb butter, oven for a couple minutes, rested for some more. Should’ve made a glaze. Oven roasted broccoli and potatoes/mushrooms.

Phidippus audax. 5 if you count the two times I saw one right outside my door. How likely is it that it’s the same spider? I put it right back on my porch where there are lots of flys and ants every time. Biggest jumping spider I’ve ever seen

Photos 1-2 and 3-4 are the same carriers. Came with some omega d2 enlargers but don’t look anything like the regular carriers for them

Far as I know Cinestill didn't sue anyone, but most definitely did send emails to companies using the 800T branding on any respooled 500T. Guess they put some specific FAQ posts about the situation. I don't support their business as their chemicals are hot garbage, see any posts about their monobaths or Cs6 kits. And their film equipment is overpriced as hell, like their 100$ sous vide that is a rebrand of a 40$ one from Amazon. Their film is crazy high priced too. Hopefully the release of the AHU Vision3 trickles down to the still-photography market, seems to already be present in the EU

Cinestill’s simplified E6 kit has its part C bleach mix mislabeled. On the bottle it says Ferric Ammonium EDTA, but the box says Metabisulfite and Acetic Acid. Seeing as EDTA is a brown ass liquid I figured something was up. Assuming mislabeled as part B but as the labels for part B look much different it’s a big oversight imo

Further more, the first b&w developer came out incredibly brown with precipitates that would not dissolve after minutes of stirring in 135F water. A leader test at least showed that the developer is working. The info sheet says that once the developer turns dark brown/amber that means it’s exhausted. Bit confusing ngl

Never been a huge fan of Cinestill and wouldn’t have bought their kit if I had another option but damn everytime I see something done by them it disappoints me. Haven’t developed anything in it but interested to see how it compares to a full 6 bath process.

Will try and contact Cinestill support to let them know about the mislabel as that’s pretty important for safety

Luckily i brought my 35mm camera and enough film for a month. Probably ended up saving money lol

The chemical side of film photography always interested me more than the “be good at photography side.” Love messing around with (cross)-processes and how the actual silver gets developed and how the film responds to different conditions during development. Dedicated my pantry to storing the chemistry. I make my own B&W, ECN-2, and C-41 from scratch using photographers formulary and artscraft bulk chemistry. Usually love getting the finest grain and sharpest image from my negatives. Have quite a backlog of developer chemistry I’ve picked up from people clearing out darkrooms. I have enough photoflo to last multiple lifetimes.
Stock chemistry in the 3 drawer organizer, dev tanks and measuring/mixing stuff in the left, working solutions on the right. Wish I could get my hands on Ferric Ammonium EDTA to make my own blix for RA-4 but it impossible for an individual to buy as far as I know

Moved houses and just reorganized everything. Moving and life has prevented me from printing for almost 6 months now and I miss it everyday. I love talking the chemical side of analog photography and even within the darkroom community that I interact with IRL it is still a bit of a niche.

Most people just buy print developer/fixer and make prints (which is valid). I’m pretty young and Even with the film resurgence amongst my generation, most people send off their film for development, even a lot of large format people that I’ve met, which surprised me. Understanding the entire chemical process gave me such a greater appreciation and understanding of film photography as a subject. I develop film for friends and locals who I meet and they are usually taken aback when I say “hey every photo you take I HAVE to look at, just FYI.” I can only image what nasty stuff lab techs saw back in the day.

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