I have exposed a redscale film, what do I have to consider during development? How do I get a Lomography Redscale XR 50-200 or a Rollei Redbird exposed correctly?
The development of redscale (reversed colour negative films) is in principle possible in every laboratory. It doesn’t matter whether you send it to a large laboratory from DM, Rossmann and Co., in a profile laboratory or at home. As long as the films come into the C-41 process everything is fine.
Normally, it is not necessary to indicate the ISO value to which the film was exposed, as in the C-41 process, all films are developed for the same time, no matter which sensitivity they have.
Of course, it is possible to push the film, for example by one aperture, which extends the developing time. Since this means additional work, it is also expensive. Normally this is not necessary.
In order to avoid scratches on the emulsion of the film, which can occur during development, it should be turned the right way round before releasing it in the dark.
But if you want to have prints to your negatives, some laboratories may have problems. They usually do not expect the mostly red pictures, the image enhancement software thinks it is a mistake and corrects the pictures somehow so that they look right.
Here there is either the possibility to tell the lab what you want or you scan the films yourself. From your own scans you can then simply order prints from the various online photo printers.
