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I'm afraid that I can't produce a useful image using my phone and slide on a lightbox. I have looked closely at the frame numbers in the border and they are not perfectly clear. Time for me to reflect a little on what avenue to follow next. Thanks again for you help!

Will shots of some pics on a light box work? To be clear (no pun intended!) there are two issues. One is a yellowish tint which appears throughout the film where like the leader it is close to transparent. The other issue is that highlights are light grey when projected and not white on screen...

Thanks again for more great info! Nothing s ever simple is it? I do mix the bleach fresh every time so that's one less possibility. I do have the leader so I will try what you suggest. If it clears then that means longer bleaching needed in the process right?

I have answered my own question re UK dealers....

Thank you all for being very helpful and informative! The back story here is I bought a bunch of Scala 160 and then found I couldn't get the kit! So coronawhile I thought I might as well pick up where I left off with the Ilford process and Pan FPlus during the first lockdown :-) I will surely...

I followed your lead...I tried PQU 1+5 with 3g/l sodium thiosulphate on a roll exposed at ASA 160. I cut the strip in two and tried 9 mins and then 10 mins FD. The results for 9 mins were too dark and lacking on contrast. It was a gloomy afternoon though. The second half of the film was shot on...

Thanks for the tip! I am pleasantly surprised to see that Film Developing Cookbook got a 2nd edition in 2019 so I can buy new. It does look very good from the Amazon preview

I can see that jumping into reversal processing without understanding regular B&W processing is a bit like walking in half way through a movie. I am that annoying guy asking 'who's that character?' 'why did she do that?' etc. ;-). To save you further pain can anyone recommend a resource (online...

Thanks for the clarification! I now understand where Raghu was coming from referring to the MSDS fro Scala's own reversal process.

Got it! I am only just starting to learn about film chemistry not to mention reversal! I was assuming that the thiosulphate was only needed for reversal development. Now I realise it is found in many commercial developers. Seems I can learn a lot looking at MSDS sheets! Thanks for your help..

I will keep the addition of potassium bromide in my back pocket for once I've optimised my current recipe. Could you give me a rough idea of how much to use and whether other aspects of FD need to change? Thanks!

Thanks for the advice Raghu. I will certainly cut back the thio! I am curious though why you suspect that Scala 160 won't need much.

In reply to Raghu.... Thanks for the advice and info! That's interesting to know about Scala 160. On my first attempt with it I followed the Ilford process including the 12 min development time as as starting point. When it came out as virtually clear acetate I went the wrong way and tried...

That is the best explanation by a mile of the first development process in reversal I have read anywhere especially regarding the role of the thiosulphate. Thank you very much! I will now consider my next move but getting back to 160 ASA is appealing! Stay safe!

Thanks for that really helpful reply! To give a little more detail, my first half way decent results were with 8 minutes FD but with +3 stops overexposure. I wanted to get away from such a low effective ASA though and the results are better with my current combination in terms of darker...