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Developing Scala in FX39

Kevin Caulfield

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I've been intending to try Scala developed as a negative film in FX39 for a while, since I used to use Rodinal Special. I finally got around to it today. Just washing the negatives now, but they look good. In Rodinal Special, on the recommendation of a fellow photographer, I used 1:32, 8 minutes at 20C, rated at 100 ISO. For the FX39, I used 1:9, 6.5 minutes at 22 C, and bracketed the exposures and rated at 100 ISO. An initial quick look seems to show the exposures at the actual 100 ISO look best, but I'll confirm that when the negs are dry and inspected more thoroughly.
 
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Kevin Caulfield

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Further checking seems to indicate that the negs rated at 100 ISO are the best exposure, so that means that 6.5 mins at 22 C, or 8 minutes at 20 C in Paterson FX39 (1:9) will work for me. Just posting this because often people want a starting point for devving Scala as a negative.
 

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I no longer have a lab. I need to get a few rolls of SCALA processed. Can someone recommend a lab or two that I can submit to?