Not bad considering 160 was not as rich or vibrant as Kodakchrome 40 or Ektachrome 40. If this were Fuji 25 ASA/ISO or 200 ASA/ISO that also used EM-26, it would have been tougher because its remjet is as thick as spaghetti. Thanks again for another important video!
This is a fantastically informative video, thank you so much! Personally, I think the results are pretty good for what is an old film stock finally being processed, with colors at that !
Need to watch and listen to this when I'm home. No idea how you did it but it looks great! Colors are all correct. Perhaps bringing up saturation just a bit? Latitude seems to be short, but that's expected. Looks like you exposed manually. Great! Always nice seeing Piper on film and apparently happy. I know you take good care of her and her big sister. Nothing more precious than children.
@@Filmboy24 unfortunately I don't have kids, but as a piano teacher, o have the opportunity working with children. I do everything to be better than grown ups in my time. 1) when I criticize bad technique, posture or other types of errors, I always make sure to mention that these errors are made by everyone. I don't criticize the child as a person. I and others took it personally, leading to feelings of inferiority. 2) I always emphasize that it's all about impulse control. How can you get this kind of discipline? Remember that it's beautiful what you are doing. If it was easy it would be worthless. Don't be too hard on yourself! Your worse judge is yourself. - it works.
I never liked shooting 160G because I felt it always looked like crap. Whether you shot it indoors or outdoors the color never looked right and it was always too grainy. So I'm surprised it looks that good for being almost 30 years old.
I've used full temp ECN-2 on the newer E160 and it's done pretty well. I have tried lower temps on the old stuff in the past with meh results but I really want to revisit it. Thanks!
It looks great! Congrats. In terms of the 4K scan imo for best results it might be interesting to re-shrink the footage back down to 2K to get rid of some of the grainyness. :)
I've tried everything I can think of, including Neat Video, just can't seem to "tame the grain". I think it has much to do with the film type, my process and the age of the film itself.
@@Filmboy24 Yeah, blowing up 8mm of film into 4000 pixels will do it. This was never meant to be enlarged that much. 4K was developed for 35mm and even then its a stretch!
It looks awesome. I don't mind the missing reds. There is something that I call "Grain Blur" which only seems to look this good on real film. I guess it's more than grain, halation and the lens, flickering... but to say it short, film, to me, is the most epic medium of all time and makes everything look cooler than reality. Thanks for another great video. Have you ever found out what this pre hardener was made of? Maybe it can be home made or something...
A little bit ironic that one of the few times you mention the livestreams in a video on the same day of the week you have them that the livestream is cancelled
Hi, Filmboy. I have an old cartridge I need developed. It is: Kodak Ektachrome 160 Sound Movie Film, Type A, E160. These numbers are on the cartridge, but are very faint: R15608, 041595. Can you suggest a place that would develop this film? Would you consider doing it? Thanks.
Not bad considering 160 was not as rich or vibrant as Kodakchrome 40 or Ektachrome 40. If this were Fuji 25 ASA/ISO or 200 ASA/ISO that also used EM-26, it would have been tougher because its remjet is as thick as spaghetti. Thanks again for another important video!
Thanks, Nicholas!!
Wow! That was better than the results Film Rescue did for me a couple of years back! Perfection!
Thanks, man! I think it helps that the film was the "new(er)" Ektachrome 160.
This is a fantastically informative video, thank you so much! Personally, I think the results are pretty good for what is an old film stock finally being processed, with colors at that !
Thanks so much!!
I really like the colors. Well done Mike!
Thanks, Nisei!!
That really turned out well, Thanks !
Thank you, Cecil!!
Need to watch and listen to this when I'm home. No idea how you did it but it looks great! Colors are all correct. Perhaps bringing up saturation just a bit? Latitude seems to be short, but that's expected. Looks like you exposed manually. Great! Always nice seeing Piper on film and apparently happy. I know you take good care of her and her big sister. Nothing more precious than children.
Thanks, Christian! You're absolutely right, definitely nothing I wouldn't do for them :)
@@Filmboy24 unfortunately I don't have kids, but as a piano teacher, o have the opportunity working with children. I do everything to be better than grown ups in my time. 1) when I criticize bad technique, posture or other types of errors, I always make sure to mention that these errors are made by everyone. I don't criticize the child as a person. I and others took it personally, leading to feelings of inferiority. 2) I always emphasize that it's all about impulse control. How can you get this kind of discipline? Remember that it's beautiful what you are doing. If it was easy it would be worthless. Don't be too hard on yourself! Your worse judge is yourself. - it works.
I never liked shooting 160G because I felt it always looked like crap. Whether you shot it indoors or outdoors the color never looked right and it was always too grainy. So I'm surprised it looks that good for being almost 30 years old.
Room temperature ECN-2 works pretty well for developing the newer Ektachrome 160 and I’m curious to see how well it would work with the older stuff
I've used full temp ECN-2 on the newer E160 and it's done pretty well. I have tried lower temps on the old stuff in the past with meh results but I really want to revisit it. Thanks!
@@Filmboy24 I also want to revisit it someday and also try C-41 and see how much of a difference it makes
Great results with those chemicals!
Thank you, Peter!
It looks great! Congrats. In terms of the 4K scan imo for best results it might be interesting to re-shrink the footage back down to 2K to get rid of some of the grainyness. :)
I've tried everything I can think of, including Neat Video, just can't seem to "tame the grain". I think it has much to do with the film type, my process and the age of the film itself.
@@Filmboy24 Yeah, blowing up 8mm of film into 4000 pixels will do it. This was never meant to be enlarged that much. 4K was developed for 35mm and even then its a stretch!
It looks awesome. I don't mind the missing reds. There is something that I call "Grain Blur" which only seems to look this good on real film. I guess it's more than grain, halation and the lens, flickering... but to say it short, film, to me, is the most epic medium of all time and makes everything look cooler than reality. Thanks for another great video.
Have you ever found out what this pre hardener was made of? Maybe it can be home made or something...
Thank you!! I'm not exactly sure of everything in the pre-hardener but part of it was formaldehyde , which I'm not interested in messing with.
This looks great. Have you tried cross processing old 160 in C41 at lower temps? Seems like some folks get decent results.
Thanks!! I've done some experimenting with C-41 at full temp a few years ago, but nothing recently. It's definitely on my to-do list :)
Well heck there cowboy, I’d call that a success!
I really am pretty happy with these results overall.
Colors were great! Shadows seemed a bit crushed, perhaps there could be some detail there?
Thank you! Yes, definitely not much going on in the shadows. I think it has a lot to do with my exposure and my scan.
Ok, “old in cold, new in brew”.. got it.
Oooooh, Nice, Mike!!
And now for the real pain: Kodachrome
Undoable
Somebody called Adrian Cousins did it:
youtu . be/0Z27peOi3S0?si=G6ZdqAD26E2QFc5t
@@Ni5ei Unless you're Adrian Cousins!
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@@Rem-jet I had to look him up.
Good one 😂😂😂
A little bit ironic that one of the few times you mention the livestreams in a video on the same day of the week you have them that the livestream is cancelled
LOL, my timing is crazy good!
Hi, Filmboy. I have an old cartridge I need developed. It is: Kodak Ektachrome 160 Sound Movie Film, Type A, E160. These numbers are on the cartridge, but are very faint: R15608, 041595. Can you suggest a place that would develop this film? Would you consider doing it? Thanks.
Hi Gary, can you email me a photo of the cartridge to filmboy24@gmail.com? We can discuss it further for you.
Unbelievable
Thank you!!
Was part of it filmed in ARCADIA Fl? lol
😂😂😂