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I buy Bellinifoto E6 processing kits as they work as well as any other.
The box states it will process 16 rolls of 35mm.
Can anyone tell me how many sheets of 4X5 that equates to?
 
So how many sheets of 4x5 will one kit process?
Soory for being stupid.
 
To be safe, go with 60 sheets and see how the last couple of batches of film look before processing any more. I'm keen to see your results. My last experience with the Bellini E6 kit wasn't great. A mate of mine felt the same. We were both using kits bought from different suppliers, both using different Jobo processors. It's possible my digital thermometer wasn't 100% accurate due to battery level, not sure. Next time I will use it with fully charged batteries along with an analog thermometer to compare.
 
The Bellini kit has worked well for me. The down side is the first develop time is a bit vague.
 
soupdragon said:
So how many sheets of 4x5 will one kit process?
Soory for being stupid.
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Are we talking the 1ltr kit here? In which case I get 48 sheets of 5x4" done with one kit. This is not based on working out equivalencies based on the marking bumf, this is based on my experience of using this (and the 5ltr) kit and other equivalent E6 kits in the past (to the tune of several hundred sheets developed to date).

My jobo tank needs 250ml for 6 sheets of film, and each 250ml gets used twice that session then thrown away (extending the 1st dev and colour dev times for the second batch, as per the instructions) for 12 sheets, which uses 1/4 of the kit. So 6 x 2 x 4 = 48.

You could risk a third batch every session to squeeze and extra 24 out but quality might take a hit, and not to mention that generally by that point in an evening I've lost the will to live, the sound of the jobo reciprocating motor burning a hole in my subconcious, so I don't bother.

This is of course essentially the same as the capacity of previously available kits like the Tetenal E6 and the Fuji Hunt E6 kits.
 
It's a 1ltr kit.
I think it degrades because I don't shoot enough film to exhaust the chemicals before the developer oxidises.
 
soupdragon said:
It's a 1ltr kit.
I think it degrades because I don't shoot enough film to exhaust the chemicals before the developer oxidises.
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If you decant the chemicals (the crucial ones being the 1st and colour devs) into glass bottles then use those vacuum-pump winebottle stoppers in and pump the air out then they last a long time. I have had kits last 18-24 months before when I went through a lull in shooting.
 
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