reversal process for black and white

[chris23]

I want to know if I can reverse process this film. And what a simple recipe is to mix at home. I understand so far that there is a developer 1, bleach, and developer 2, then a fixer?

Thank you for any help. I've seen "reversal processing" as an option on the details of certain films, but not this one.

 

[MattKing]

Welcome to APUG.
This probably belongs in a different sub-forum (Black and White Film and Processing) rather than this subforum, which is for discussions about APUG's operation.
Most likely the moderators will move it.
There are a few people here who do reversal processing, and can probably provide useful advice. It might help if they know about what sorts of experience you have with film and darkroom.

 

[pdeeh]

The definitive starting place is to read this and follow its instructions to the letter: http://www.ilfordphoto.com/Webfiles/20061291034093.pdf

There are lots of threads on processing b&w reversal, so a search of the forum will bring up those. Though there are as many opinions on the "best" way as there are people with an opinion.

But if you start with the Ilford method, you at least work with a known, laboratory-tested method, and you can tweak your own process from there.

As far as whether the film is suitable, you can reversal process just about any b&w film, but they won't necessarily produce equivalent results. If you want to use the one you link to, your best bet is to buy some, and see if you like the results.

 

[Berri]

One thing you want to look at is the colour of the film base. for reversal bw you need a clear film base like fuji acros. as for the process itself i would recommend purchasing a reversal kit like this one http://www.bellinifoto.it/it/scheda-prodotti.php?id=77&categoria=4&famiglia=3 the process is really long; it takes about an hour from start to finish, but the inversion is chemical so you dont have to re-expose the film to fog the unexpsed/unprocessed silver. I never tried it but I read a test report the other day and the results were good. For film I would consider SCALA http://www.adox.de/Photo/adox-scala-160-2/

 

[chris23]

Thank you guys... very new to being a user on this site.

 

[destroya]

yes i have processed this film as slides many times and it works fine. the base is darker than many other films but it projects good. the grain is large, but in MF it should not matter. i prefer the 100 speed film, in the Xtreme line, as the base is slightly less grey. when doing slides from B&W film I find that the best results always, for me, come from traditional grained films, not the new tabular films like tmax or acros or delta. so I stick to fp4 and the likes. the rollei retro 400s and 80s make the best slides as the base is truly clear and amazing projected.

check these 2 threads for more info

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john