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  1. I’ve Conquered ECN-2

    2025-03-23 15:44:58 UTC

    After one disaster trying to develop ECN-2 at home and multiple poor commercial lab experiences ( hugely expensive with 2-4 week turnaround) I decided I had to try it again.  This time I purchased an ECN-2 prewash from Flic Film to remove the remjet layer.  These images are officially…


  2. ECN-2 developing

    2025-03-10 22:32:24 UTC

    I’m still looking for a dependable lab to do my ECN developing.  This film is re-spooled Kodak movie film.  The lure of this film is that it’s high quality at a much lower price than a top notch still photo color film like Portra 400.  The one draw back is…


  3. Restricted Film, Closing Borders

    2025-02-05 14:22:16 UTC

    It’s becoming harder to shoot respooled Kodak Movie film stock known as ECN-2.  The supply is drying up as Kodak will only sell to folks that can show that they are legitimate movie makers .  ECN-2 gives great color rendition as you would expect from an emulsion made for the…


  4. Home ECN development - what a disaster

    2024-04-05 20:22:54 UTC

    I wanted to try my hand at developing ECN-2 at home.  ECN is Kodak cinema film and can be shot in still cameras.  You can even buy it from Kodak in 400 ft rolls and cut it down to 4 x 100 ft rolls for bulk loading.  The reason to…


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