![]() Whoever wrote it was of the opinion that it was a waste of time to do so, that the results weren’t great, and Velvia is such a fantastic slide film that it’s ridiculous to process it in any other way than E6. The funny thing is, I remember reading a long time ago a comment on a Flickr discussion regarding the cross-processing of Velvia. Not only did I finally get the exposure right on the Bollywood, but for once, I cross processed something that hasn’t gone green! I didn’t wind up shooting any pics in New York with it, but when we got back, I took Domo outside and took a shot with the Bollywood pinhole camera using the Velvia 100. Right before we left, I managed to pick up a box of expired 4×5 Velvia 100 film. I would cross process Velvia, boldly and without fear! I got over the psychological barrier of “Velvia is very expensive and people who shoot slide film worship it, so I need to use it as a slide film, too.” Yes. Curse you, Velvia!!įinally, before our trip to New York, I decided I would try shooting with film in different ways. ![]() I know! Crazy! So I went ahead and shot a few rolls and developed them normally.Īnd, funny thing – for some reason, I keep overexposing the crap out of them. This was actual brand shiny new unexpired film. I went away from cross processing for awhile, because I was sick of the green, but then I bought some Fuji Velvia 100. And it looks neat at first, but after a while, it’s just more green. And for the most part, those films tend to go all green tinty once they’ve been cross processed (except for the E100G, which is a lot more subtle, but still has a distinct ‘look’). I’ve been able to get a hold of a lot of rolls of various expired Elitechrome and Ektachrome films, so that’s what I use. Most of the other experience I’ve had with cross processing has been using Kodak brand slide films. I tried it out (again, in a pinhole camera, so that may not have been the best test), and didn’t find the colors especially crazy. In fact, Lomography actually sells a film that’s made precisely for cross processing in color negative chems. It’s all the rage amongst the LOMO crowd. ![]() You see, the point of cross processing, which I somehow failed to mention until just now, is to get vivid or altered colors than you would with just a regular C41 film. My favorite film/camera combo is actually crossprocessed: Kodak E100G shot through the Savoy and developed as a color negative. If I do, I’ll try to remember to overexpose by bunches.Īnyway, back to the more common form of Xpro, slide film processed as a color negative. Maybe with some forethought and planning. Pretty much everything was dark, ranging from ‘Really Dark’ to ‘Indescribably Dark’ to ‘Oh my god, it’s darker than my soul!’ So, that picture above? That was the best picture on the roll. Especially if you are, like me, shooting 17 year old expired film through a pinhole camera and only deciding that the roll is going to be cross processed after the whole roll’s been shot. But, see how dark the sky is? That brings me to the second reason most people don’t process C-41 films as a slide: they come out really, really dark. To be honest, I kind of like this particular photo. So, last time I was developing E6 films, I threw a roll of expired Kodak Vericolor III into the soup. Since I do my own processing, that wasn’t an issue for me. The first reason is most photo developing places have to send out their slide film to be processed, and those labs will probably see a roll of C41 film and actually process it in C41, whereas it’s a lot easier to sneak a roll of E6 film in a one hour photo drop off place. ![]() You see a lot more examples of slide film developed in color negative chems rather than the other way around for two main reasons. ![]() But the term most commonly refers to developing color positive slide film (process E6) in color negative chemistry (process C41). Technically, my developing Kodacolor-X (a process C-22 film) in C-41 chems is cross processing as well. If you develop a color negative film in black and white chems, that’s cross processing. Hey, finally getting around to writing about cross processing! Yay, me!Ĭross processing (or X-pro for the short version) is, loosely defined, the act of developing film in a process that was not intended for it. (Don’t forget to scroll down to the post below this one and enter to win the Mercury Satellite 127!) ![]()
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