Re: Scala tangent

Eric J. Neilsen ()
Wed, 22 January 1997 4:55 PM

On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Sal wrote:

> Tom Ferguson wrote:
> I'm still experimenting with
> the Agfa, don't know how much N-Plus, N-Minus is posible. Development
> is
> also a problem, only a few labs are set up for this stuff (I don't
> believe
> anyone home processes it). Even in Los Angeles I have to have my lab
> send
> it off and get it back 3 days latter.
>
> I recently shot some Scala and (accidently) rated it ASA 100. I had
> the lab pullprocess it to make up for this. Ihave seen Scala rated at
> its intended speed of ASA 200. The only discernible diffewrence I saw
> was that pulled film had a definite green cast to it. This might be a
> clue as to what makes up the processing chemistry. I have since made
> enlarged negs of some of these slides. They print beautifully.
>

Ilfords XP2 can be processed in E6 chemistry to give you B&W
transparicies. It has a blueish green color. Perhaps it is something
like that. It may also be that a faster process time wizard@laplaza.org (pulled) didn't allow a
complete removal of stain. Just a quick thought.

EJ Neilsen

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