AGFA SCALA developed as negative?

[mfogiel]

It looks like my love affair with AGFA scala was not to last for long - today the last lab in Italy which has been still developing SCALA in the reversal process has announced thet they will be running out of chemicals by the end of tis month.... hmmm I was treasuring the last 30 rolls to use them sparingly for the good occasions, but this is really spoiling my feast...

I have looked up some old threads on the net, and apparently SCALA exposed at 100 ISO can still give outstanding results developed as a negative, but my problem is, that the references available (Todd Hanz) were talking about the development in Rodinal, while my B&W lab only uses the Tmax developer at 24° ( I believe it is the Tmax RS).
I wonder if anybody has a tip to give me about how to treat SCALA in a this kind of developer - e.g. do you think a good starting point would be to expose it at 100 ISO and try with the time prescribed for a classic film like an APX 100 ?

Any help will be appreciated.

 

[Gipsy]

If you still want to use it for those special occasions go to DR5 Chrome on the internet they will be able to process scala as well as reverse process other B&W films.

 

[manfromh]

How about getting some Foma R100 developer? Its designed for Foma R100 reversal film, but it should work with Scala too. I'm not sure how sensitive it is to temperature and time though, so you might need one of those automatic processors.

Link with two samples of Scala in this developer.

Link 2 little more info about this thing.

 

[laptoprob]

There is a lab in Berlin that still does develop them. As slides! Even cheaper than S-Color in Amsterdam used to do. Including shipping to the Netherlands!
To make things even better, they suggested I pay after reception. Try to find that kind of service on the web nowadays!

e-mail😛hototechnik@t-online.de
www.phototechnik-berlin.de

 

[sting-ray]

I had a fantastic experience with phototechnik too... I went there with a single roll of scala - I'd had a friend buy it for me in the US, bring it back to Melbourne... so I went to Berlin on holiday, shot it in Berlin and had it developed there.. But we were leaving before it was going to be finished processing. So they sent it to Australia for me. Fantastic service - they do stuff like people, not like a business.