Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/11

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Any experience with Agfa Scala 200 BW Slide film?
From: pjb@lehman.com (Philip Brandenberger)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 09:34:07 -0400 (EDT)

Can anyone compare scala to b&w processing like the kodak direct
positive stuff?  Is scala film fundamentally different?

- -phil

> 
> Yes!
> 
> I used it extensively for winter landscapes on Iceland, this spring. It
> scans very well.
> 
> Use of filters: caution is warranted. I tested it with my R5 lightmeter on
> automatic. It appeared that for an orange filter I had to set the film speed
> at 100 ASA (so overexpose 1 stop) and for a light red filter at 50 ASA. This
> may rather be a metering problem - or idiosyncrasy - though.
> 
> With a light red filter skies get beautifully dark with nice white clouds.
> 
> Scala 200 projects very nicely with truer black than the now defunct Agfa
> DiaDirect.
> 
> All IMHO!
> 
> Samder
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> Sander van Hulsenbeek
> at work: sander.vanhulsenbeek@solvay.com
> at home: vanhulsenbeek@wxs.nl
> and also: http://home.wxs.nl/~sanderva/home.html
> 
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