Naniwa Colour Kit

[Genie In A Lightbox]

I saw this colour negative self development kit on sale on www.japanexposures.com. Has anyone tried it before?

 

[Yapper]

buy one and try leh then let us know the outcome! haha

i got some really old stock tetanal colortec and the result was.. er... BAD

 

[DoveVadar]

Naniwa is nice to use. for negatives where colors is not so important... its not bad. Mind the temperature as it will give you a color shift.

this is my result from Naniwa:

 

[Genie In A Lightbox]

Looks good, dovevadar! I have noticed lots of japanese use this colour kit to develop portra 400nc with good results. But there is problem of colour shift when the chemicals are exhausted as it is recycled after every roll till it hits the max number of rolls it can process. Anything to share regarding this?

 

[leej0038]

Re: Naniwa Colour Kit Naniwa is nice to use. for negatives where colors is not so important... its not bad. Mind the temperature as it will give you a color shift. this is my result from Naniwa:

The colors look good.
Was the process tedious?

 

[DoveVadar]

Looks good, dovevadar! I have noticed lots of japanese use this colour kit to develop portra 400nc with good results. But there is problem of colour shift when the chemicals are exhausted as it is recycled after every roll till it hits the max number of rolls it can process. Anything to share regarding this?

Actually Portra NC because they have lesser colour cast on the negative. VC is very punchy hence greater oranges and greens. About exhaustion, I dont recommend recycling of chemicals and I dont think it is possible for Naniwa at least. So a box will allow you to develop 8 rolls of 135. Expensive but you have to play it if you shoot film.

The colors look good.
Was the process tedious?

process was not at all tough. the initial instructions was. you have to mix the powder with the chemical, so if you are not doing all at one shot, you use 1 bottle instead of 2..

 

[Genie In A Lightbox]

Dove, is the developer and bleach recycled or it is mixed fresh for every roll you developed. From the translated instructions, it seems that we need to reuse them. Correct me if I am wrong.

 

[DoveVadar]

Hi mate, no. I dont recycle my chemicals. I like to use fresh stock. for Naniwa, I didnt come across any instructions that it needs to be recycled. I think c-41 chemical will be exhausted after a single go. Hope that helps.

cheers

Dove, is the developer and bleach recycled or it is mixed fresh for every roll you developed. From the translated instructions, it seems that we need to reuse them. Correct me if I am wrong.

 

[DoveVadar]

heres another one with Ektar 100.

 

[raytoei]

dovevader: thanks much for your images. very nice. a quick question : are your images mostly like the two your posted or are they inconsistencies like bromide drag (even though c-41 doesn't have silver..).

thanks

 

[leej0038]

Nice shot, but a bit under exposed? Or maybe my iphone screen too dark =p btw have you tried developing faster films?

 

[Genie In A Lightbox]

Ok thanks, dove. So it comes in bottles that we can use to mix fresh working solutions everytime we want to develop is it?

 

[DoveVadar]

dovevader: thanks much for your images. very nice. a quick question : are your images mostly like the two your posted or are they inconsistencies like bromide drag (even though c-41 doesn't have silver..).

thanks

hey, mostly are like this... very consistent. no worries. colour shift will only affect the entire batch, not single but very even throughout.:angel:

Nice shot, but a bit under exposed? Or maybe my iphone screen too dark =p btw have you tried developing faster films?

no I havent. max I went was portra 400VC.

Ok thanks, dove. So it comes in bottles that we can use to mix fresh working solutions everytime we want to develop is it?

yes just mix the powder and liquid A and B will do. its like your powdered isotonic drink, tear open and pour in. ;p