So I don’t shoot slide film enough to justify having the E6 chemistry on hand, but have seen this process come up a few times where you effectively use a common black and white developer to do a first development on the film, which is subsequently taken out of the developing tank, fogged intentionally using a light source, and development continues using C41 chemistry. This is similar to the E6 process which also uses a first developer, but differs in that E6 uses a chemical fogging agent.
Has anyone tried this and had any decent results? I’ve got a bulk roll of Ektachrome to do some experiments but the less film wasted the better.
I’d be super interested in trying this sometime with some of that new Aerocolor that is being rebranded everywhere. I think it is C-41 with a clear base but takes decently well to being x-pro’d as slide, and it’s cheap enough and plentiful that I wouldn’t be sad about wasting some compared to my sweet sweet Velvia.