anyone here process the eclair footage themselves?
if so, perhaps you
could enlighten me. i rencetly contacted kodak and
asked them to help me
with a purchase that concerned processing b&w
reversal tri and plus x
films. as such, i was sold the following:
-rapid fixer w/hardner(parts A & B, both liquids.
1.38 gallons makes 5
gallons)
-reversal bleach and replinisher(parts A -4 pounds &
B -2 pounds, both
powders x 2 bottles each, and to mix with part C
liquid 1.24 gallons x 4
bottles to make 20 us gallons)
-reversal clearing bath and replinisher(5 gallons to
make 15 gallons)
-reversal redevoloper and replinisher(liquid, 5
gallon makes 15 gallons)
am i missing something here? these are the NEW
chemicals/cat#'s from
kodak. however, from all the online instructions i
have read reg
arding processing b&w reversal, all of them make
reference to a 'first
developer' chemical. is this no longer required
with the new chemicals?
or are all the sales reps at kodak completely
ignorant of the products
their company sells(i have had sales reps tell me
they do not sell k-40,
as well as other dumbfounding statements that have
given me indication
the sales people at kodak have absolutely no clue
what they are
selling)? regarding these chemicals, when i had
ordered, i had used the
old cat#'s from their website:
cat# 1866284 developer starter 1 qt. for making 15
gallons
cat# 1866268 first developer replinisher
cat# 1866201 redevolper
cat# 1866227 reversl bath and replinisher
cat# 1866243 reversal bleach
cat# 1464114 fixer solution min qty 4.
but what i actually received are the items i first
mentioned. when i
contacted kodak, they told me that my original order
for the above
cat#'s could not be filled, so they replaced them
with the new
chemicals. i contacted my sales rep again, and
asked if she was
certain, or if she could ask someone that knew, if i
received everything
i must have in order to process tri and plus-x to
reversal. she emailed
me back and said yes, i have everything. does any
here know for
certain? making long distance calls to kodak have
proven more trouble
then they are worth. what makes this particularly
frustrating, is the
chemicals must be shipped ground. so to get them
down here into mexico,
i had to first ship them to orange county, and then
have someone drve
them across the border into mexico, and ship them
from within mexico to
me. so it is a process to say the least, and
dependant on having
someone willing to drive them across the border for
me. so if i am
indeed missing a chemical, i will most likely let
out a loud groan and
mumble some curse words.
eric m jarvies
cabo san lucas, baja california sur. mexico