- Original Message -
From: "Bill Owens"
Subject: Cross processing question
> What would be the results of processing C-41 film in B&W chemicals? I
know
> that processing B&W in C-41 bleaches out all the silver, but don't know
> about going the other way.
I tried it years ago with a C-22 film and it worked sort of. In theory, B&W
developer should develop the film just fine, but you may get wonky dye
migrations because you don't have the organic solvents needed to allow them
to move to the silver image, and of course, you aren't bleaching, so you
will have both a dye image and a silver image layered on top of each other.
Best advice I can give is to try it and get back to us with your thoughts.
William Robb
