Where can I get Seattle Filmworks 35mm film developed in Louisville KY?

Answer 1

Seattle Filmworks film was motion picture film, which runs in Kodak process ECN-2. Normally in color processing we rely on a lot of experimentation to get the soup just right--here Kodak comes right out and tells you how to make it. I've got the formula on my screen, and it's real straightforward--no weird stuff in it like a lot of color processes have. There's an "anti calcium" which is probably sodium hexametaphosphate in water, and an "antifoggant" which is almost definitely a stock solution of 6-nitrobenzimidazole. Anyone who's developing color film using bulk chemicals already has everything in this recipe.

Currently, in North America there is (as of Jan 30, 2011) one lab that has just now started to offer full service ECN-2 processing in Ohio - Double Exposure Lab. They offer full-service processing, printing onto positive film for slides, and optical prints (true photographic enlargements, not digital scans) as well as low-, medium- and high resolution scanning as well. They process the film through the proper ECN-2 process, not C-41 with just a rem-jet removal bath on the front of the machine. They are set up primarily to cater to Seattle FilmWorks customers, but also offer new ECN-2 film from fresh Eastman Kodak and FujiFilm stock, and printing services to allow filmmakers to test different negative and print stock combinations.