Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] home b&w processing
From: "Craig Roberts" <croberts@zoomtel.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 11:49:37 -0400
References: <3.0.6.32.20000723002731.007a20d0@pop.connix.com> <4.2.2.20000724095421.00bdba40@www.snapdragontech.com> <397C58D6.9A63243C@csc-ip.nl>

  I just said: "The little Agfa scanner is not so good with negs, but you
can shoot black and white with Agfa Scala..."

Uh-h-h-h...I guess I should have mentioned that Agfa Scala (the b & w
transparency film) cannot be processed at home (unless somebody's found the
secret formula).  It's gotta be baptized by an Agfa approved lab.  There's a
list of them at http://www.agfaphoto.com/products/scalalabs.html .   This
sort of negates the quick n' easy home brew approach to black and white
processing, but you can still process color slide film at home, scan it with
the little Agfa, and convert the files to black and white with fine results.
(Well...anyway, it's a way to save $250 on the scanner).

Craig
Boston

In reply to: Message from Roy Zartarian <royzart@connix.com> (Re: [Leica] home b&w processing)
Message from "M.E.Berube - GoodPhotos" <meb@goodphotos.com> (Re: [Leica] home b&w processing)
Message from Meino de Graaf <meino@csc-ip.nl> (Re: [Leica] home b&w processing)