Agfa SCALA as a negative

[stars]

Hi I have searched high and low but cannot find any answers. I have one roll of SCALA waiting to be develoed. In the UK, no one cna develop it. So I will develop it in Ilford LC29 instead (1/19).

Can anyone recomend a processing time? I exposed the film at 400ISO.

Many thanks,
Paul

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Rodinal. Do it in Rodinal. From what I hear, Scala does incredibly well in a Rodinal soup of 1+25. I'd have to look around some for times, though. I've never done it myself, I've just seen finished products.

From what I can tell of scans, Scala is very contrasty when processed as a negative. It may be tougher to print...not sure, though.

 

[bob100684]

the only recomendation from the massive dev chart for iso 400
Fino ST33 (1+7) 400 30 24°C 35mm c

c - continuous (slow)

 

[devecchi]

the only recomendation from the massive dev chart for iso 400
Fino ST33 (1+7) 400 30 24°C 35mm c

c - continuous (slow)

Agfa Scala EI 200 - D.23 two Bath.
bath A 1+1 12'
bath B 4' ( borax 10% )
20° C. Agitation every 30"

 

[Kevin Caulfield]

I use Rodinal Special, also known as Studional, at 1:32 for 8 minutes at 20 C at ISO 100.

 

[john_s]

Some Agfa documentation that I have appears to show Scala to have the same emulsion as Agfapan_100. I have guessed this from the graph of spectral sensitivity. Not only the exact shape, but the exact sensitivity.

So my guess is that it could be exposed and developed as if it were Agfapan_100.

The difference in the film between it and Agfapan_100 is the clear base, I suppose.