Digital BW, The Print

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, <tawow@s...> 
wrote:
> Color Reflections which has labs all over the US offers Scala 
processing. Whether they do it in all locations or forward it to one 
place I don't know (www.color-reflections.com), also there is Main 
Photo Service Inc. (www.mainphoto.com). There is a list of labs at 
the Agfaphoto site, obviously there are other labs which are not 
listed, such as the mentioned .dr5, so it would appear that maybe the 
processing situation is not as grim as it seems.
> 


The processing limitations kind of intrigued me, so I went looking. 
It would seem that there isn't really anything different about Scala 
reversal processing as from any other reversal process (that said I 
haven't tried it yet). It would seem that anyone that can do E6 could 
setup to do Scala. The only links with anything that could be called 
helpful are these:
http://www.silverprint.co.uk/bwf2.html#SCALA
http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=007Ful
Note this is all I found so far, I've only spent about an hour 
searching. Also note that the first link has a 4 step process that 
they claim works with Scala and others.
So it would seem that anyone with a Jobo ATL1000 or better would be 
able to handle this film, and any other clear base B/W film. For 
anyone who loves this film, might be time to hit ebay for a used 
ATL1000/1500. I know they can go for a lot ($1500+) or a little ($800 
with lots of extras) depending on your luck. You could also do this 
process by hand, but having done E6 in an inversion tank, I really 
don't recommend this method, standing at the sink for an hour really 
isn't what I like to do. If you buy an ATL1000, you might still be 
able to buy the upgrade control panel to turn it into the (almost) 
ATL1500 which has greater flexibilty for the programs, and a few 
extra custom defined program spaces. I think the upgrade was around 
$500 from Adorama. This and a good drum scanner might be a good 
little bit of income for someone when all the rest of the labs stop 
this process.