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 Post subject: Agfa Scala processing...
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Dave and I were talking about this over lunch at BCPV. Agfa Scala is B&W positive film in search of processing.... thinking about it some more, here is what I found (links courtesy of photo.net forums):

Don't cross process it in C41: http://www.flickr.com/photos/iantindale/457577568/

One guy did figure out his own home-brew process:
http://www.kryptosinistographer.com/200 ... for-m.html
(too much work for me :S)

Scala processes very nicely as B&W negatives!

Lastly, there is one place in Denver that does B&W chrome processing:
http://www.dr5.com/

Hope this is useful to someone...
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I've been sitting on a roll of Scala in 120. I'll probably end up developing it in Rodinal.
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I've only shot one roll of it, but it dev'd nicely in HC110

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I was under the weird imprecision that you can turn any silver film into a positive with a few extra steps in the process, (bleach, expose to light, develop again).

Am I wrong? or is the film itself coloured (making it less fun to make positives)?

(EDIT: disregard if this is hijacking, just wanted to expand a little on the topic)
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myxamop wrote:
I was under the weird imprecision that you can turn any silver film into a positive with a few extra steps in the process, (bleach, expose to light, develop again).

Am I wrong? or is the film itself coloured (making it less fun to make positives)?

(EDIT: disregard if this is hijacking, just wanted to expand a little on the topic)


That appears to be the case as I look through the homebrew and dr5 process that I linked to. It seems like scala just delivers better results. Too bad they don't make it anymore.
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Well if anyone would like to experiment with processing my Scala rolls -- I shure would appreciate it, and wouldn't mind paying for the chemicals. I have roughly 15 rolls of scala in the fridge which is fresh, and waiting to be shot.
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We can do it at my place. We can try to process it as a straight E-6 if you'd like.
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... nevermind on the E-6 attempt...

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To my knowledge the chemical that kills this film is E6 bleach. Standard developers and fixers shouldn't have ill-effects on the image from the film; E6 bleach isd another story, I did that years ago when scala came out and E6 doesn't work - scala being it's own process type. All you get back is a white milky roll, lol. Before the film hit the bleach I probably could have had a negative from the E6 film if I just skipped the bleach altogether.
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ofermod wrote:
That appears to be the case as I look through the homebrew and dr5 process that I linked to. It seems like scala just delivers better results. Too bad they don't make it anymore.


B&H still has expired (June 2010 I think) 35mm rolls of it in stock.
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