Hey, thanks for this video! I've been shooting a lot of 250D and 500T the past year, quality wise (to my opinion) it's the best film out there. For removing the remjet layer, i soak the film in lukewarm water, together with a tablespoon of baking soda. I usually clear out the tank and fill it up 1/3rd of the way, and agitate vigorously, more like making a martini, instead of the gentle inversions. Sometimes however, the base layer is a bit sticky. I wonder if that is because i took off too much of the base layer. Have you ever experienced that? I also have had the idea lately of trying to remove the remjet layer beforehand, in a darkroom, as in: unspool the unexposed roll, take the layet off, let it dry and respool the film. There's not really a good reason to do that, maybe it would be fun to see if I would get the halation you see on Cinestill's film.
Hello there my friend. Wow that would be an amazing experiment to do and I'm pretty sure that you would be able to get very similar results to cinestill including the halation. I tried the baking soda approach and it does work as you described but I was not very happy with the results and I did experience some stickeness too. These chemicals designed specially for remjet layer removal are reallly efficient and they work like magic. Thanks for watching and please let me know if you ever get to do that experiment on removing the remjet before exposing.
Hi Armando. I have just now used the remjet layer removal chemical and it worked fine. Thanks for the tips. One question though? is this meant to be a one shot usage or can you tip it back into the bottle and reuse it?
Hey Nick I'm happy that it helped. You can defenetly use it again... I have kept mine for a couple of months already in the vacuvin bottles and still works after a few rolls.
Hi Armando, that certainly works! Develop B&W but have held off on colour film due to the supposed short shelf life of the chemicals. How long do C41 chemicals keep?
Hello there Andrew. I understand your concerns about the shelf life of the colour chemicals. I use the C41 Bellini kit and it has lasted me 3 months so far under the storage conditions that I showed in this video. The developer still going strong to this day.
My experience is the same, I have the cinestill kit, the last batch lasted up to 4 months, I developed about 20 rolls with it. What I also saw, is that when the developer starts to go bad, it is not gradually, but over the course of 1 or 2 rolls. That was is my case, your results may vary of course!
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Thank you for walking us through the process! I feel more encouraged to try this myself sometime!
Yes my friend...You should definitely try it. Not hard at all. And I you encounter any problem....I'm here for you 😉
Appreciate you! @@ArmandoStreets
Great, that's my next test to see if I can do this. Thanks for this Armando!
Hey Nick...you can do it for sure. You will see...it is like magic 😎
Hey, thanks for this video! I've been shooting a lot of 250D and 500T the past year, quality wise (to my opinion) it's the best film out there.
For removing the remjet layer, i soak the film in lukewarm water, together with a tablespoon of baking soda. I usually clear out the tank and fill it up 1/3rd of the way, and agitate vigorously, more like making a martini, instead of the gentle inversions.
Sometimes however, the base layer is a bit sticky. I wonder if that is because i took off too much of the base layer. Have you ever experienced that?
I also have had the idea lately of trying to remove the remjet layer beforehand, in a darkroom, as in: unspool the unexposed roll, take the layet off, let it dry and respool the film. There's not really a good reason to do that, maybe it would be fun to see if I would get the halation you see on Cinestill's film.
Hello there my friend. Wow that would be an amazing experiment to do and I'm pretty sure that you would be able to get very similar results to cinestill including the halation. I tried the baking soda approach and it does work as you described but I was not very happy with the results and I did experience some stickeness too. These chemicals designed specially for remjet layer removal are reallly efficient and they work like magic. Thanks for watching and please let me know if you ever get to do that experiment on removing the remjet before exposing.
Hi Armando. I have just now used the remjet layer removal chemical and it worked fine. Thanks for the tips. One question though? is this meant to be a one shot usage or can you tip it back into the bottle and reuse it?
Hey Nick I'm happy that it helped. You can defenetly use it again... I have kept mine for a couple of months already in the vacuvin bottles and still works after a few rolls.
Hi Armando, that certainly works! Develop B&W but have held off on colour film due to the supposed short shelf life of the chemicals. How long do C41 chemicals keep?
Hello there Andrew. I understand your concerns about the shelf life of the colour chemicals. I use the C41 Bellini kit and it has lasted me 3 months so far under the storage conditions that I showed in this video. The developer still going strong to this day.
My experience is the same, I have the cinestill kit, the last batch lasted up to 4 months, I developed about 20 rolls with it. What I also saw, is that when the developer starts to go bad, it is not gradually, but over the course of 1 or 2 rolls. That was is my case, your results may vary of course!
Great info mate. I though you would have said “here in miam” not London 😂
I don't get exactly what you mean but thanks for watching!
@@ArmandoStreets miami* . The accent and the music got me thinking that you live in my home town. I’m Hispanic , just showing some love. Subbed !
Hahahah I got you know ☺️😎 it is nice to have you here... Muchas gracias!!!