E-6 COLOUR PROCESSING (Part 3)

You may ask what do I do with the slides now, well once dry the can be mounted into plastic glass or glassless slide mounts ready for viewing delight your family and friends by putting on a slide show for them. If you get more ambitious then with the use of two or more projectors you can produce an Audio Visual show with slides and sound to compliment each other.

Other options are that you can make colour prints from slides, reversal papers are available with their own chemistry which enable you to do your own colour prints at home. The enlarger used to print monochrome negatives can be used much in the same way, if it has a colour head you simply just dial in the suggested filter guide given on the back of the paper packet. This will give you a starting point if the enlarger does not have a colour head it will have a filter drawer and you simply place them in this, they are available from any photographic dealer. I do not intend to a this point to go any further on colour printing as this will be covered at a later date.

A useful item in processing your own colour films and prints is acquiring a rotary processor, they automatically agitate the tank during the various stages and leave your hands free to do something else in the mean time. Have a look around the dealers for a second hand one you should get one for a reasonable price.

Please note that colour processing chemicals are toxic and great care should be observed in using them and in their disposal AT ALL TIMES FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN IN THE KIT.

ENJOY YOUR PROCESSING

By P. Dunn