After the incredibly dubious outcome of the roll dated 1999 I figured this one dated 2004 would probably be a lost cause, too. (I didn't realize this is totally different emulsion anyway: RHP III)

Since I was planning to try E6 on a roll of Aerocolor again, at EI200 this time, the idea was to put this one in the same tank for the +1 push and just to be extra safe I'd meter for 200 instead of 400.

And the result? Well it worked!


Like you'd expect from slide film, especially with a push, this meant most shots with sun and shade have the highlights somewhere between "washed" and "lost", especially people with lighter skin tones in the sun.

The color shift is significant: a bunch of peach/magenta from the midtones up which is totally uncharacteristic of daylight slide film, but bringing shadows up in post they show the strong cool blue you'd expect for this stock in standard process.

Taken together if you're trying to use digital processing to play with them you've got some pretty complicated grading work ahead of you to create a natural color balance.

But then why would you be shooting and home-developing in non-standard process a roll of slide film that's been expired for nearly two decades if you wanted accurate reproduction in the first place?

Nikon FE2 / Fujichrome Provia 400F (DX: 005544)
CineStill D6 (1+1) 8m @ 105F => CR6 8m @ 105F
Konica Minolta DiMAGE SE5400II => VueScan => Adobe Lightroom Classic

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