Re: Copy of: Black and White Trans. Film (scala)
Russell Cothren (rcothren@comp.uark.edu)
Wed, 26 Jun 1996 15:05:08 -0500 (CDT)
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>RE: Copy of: Black and White Trans. Film (scala)
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>Russell
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>> I have some new film that is put out by agfa. It is called "SCALA".
>> It is a black and white Transparencie film. It seems to have nice results
>> from landscapes to portraits. I was thinking that this might be a preferred
>> way of making larger negs for alt. printing and save a step. It is rated at
>> ei 200, but can be pushed or pulled. Just a thought. It has just become
>> available localy.
>>
>I tried Scala last year to find that at 200 it is as contrasty as colour
>transparency film so if your subject has a brightness range of about three
>stops
>then fine. To get a comparable range of tone to the old Dia Direct you have to
>rate it at about 32. In other words pull by three or four stops. Dia Direct was
>usually marketed at 32 but towards the end at 12.
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>Terry King
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Sounds as though i should pull it. Ok. Terry are you processing this
yourself or sending it in? If you are home running it. How? There are about
three of us here that would love to know. I want to copy some of my b/w
prints on it for my portfolio. Thank you.
Russell Cothren
Photo Editor
University Relations
University of Arkansas
501-575-3970