----- Original Message ----- From: "Butch Black" Subject: Re: Fuji Reala Movie film
> Actually the key is that it specified ECN-2 processing. The main difference > between that and C-41 is there is a step before the first developer which is > IIRC a hi PH bath to remove the anti halation layer. I didn't know that about the high PH bath. I recall Kodak used to have a developer (I don't recall which one) that used washing soda as one part. The stuff had to be mixed in a cooling bath to keep it from boiling, and was extremely reactive. I expect one could also use washing soda as the high PH bath to remove the anti halation layer. Is the C-41 process to hot for ECNII? I knoe on occassion we would mistakenly process the old SFW film which was the old movie stock. While it messed up the machines a bit, the emulsion mostly came out intact, but I had always thought that the ECNII process was more like C-22/ EP2 than C-41. William Robb
