Cross processing colour film

[gr82bart]

I'm trying to understand these techniques where you take E-6 transparency film and process it in C-41 chemistry and take C-41 negative film and process it in E-6 chemistry.

What sre the results like? I assume in the first, you get a negative and have to print from them and in the second you get a transparency or slide? Why would you do this?

Do you need to use filters or make any special camera adjustments when taking the pic before you can use these techniques? What are some ideal conditions to do this?

Are there examples on the web to see the results?

Thanks in advance.

Art.

[gr82bart]

Nevermind!

Found this really informative site with examples:
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/...html?tw=design

Also these photographers who use the techniques a lot:
http://www.n-gised.com and http://www.philipp-guenther.de

Art.

[Elementz]

The trick with cross processing is testing.

There are a log of slide films available. They will all yield different results.

I use this technique regularly for my weddings. I am using Kodak EPR 64. I over expose by a stop and use fill flash. For the most part, the results are fairly predictable. But it is the unpredictability of it that makes it so unique.

I tested about six different types of films using similar lighting and exposure conditions before I found the film that I liked the best.