B&W Slides

Perhaps outside the context of this digest, but I was wanting to

know methods or references to make B&W slides. I know Agfa has the Scala film. But are there other was to process B&W film so as to produce a transparency.

You can use rapid process copy film (Kodak or other companies make it). It will give you great B/W slides...the exposures are long, but not a problem if using a good tripod or copy stand. Interestingly, if you have access to an xray film processor, that is a perfect way to process them.

From the Kodak web site (www.kodak.com) in the T-Max film section:

 

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Process to a black and white transparency using the KODAK T-MAX 100 Direct Positive Film Developing Outfit.

I have made 35 mm slides from FP4+ and Agfapan 25

using the Tetenal Dia reversal kit (which is a lot cheaper than the

Kodak kit here in the UK). The processing was easy to do (although I

used a much longer reversal exposure than the one in the

instructions) and the results were very pleasing. You can process

Scala using this method.

Kodak makes a reversal processing kit for T-Max B/W (asa 100)film that works beautifully. I have shot several rolls of T-max film using the reversal kit, and have been extremely pleased with the richness of the blacks and overall quality of the final product.

I've used the T-Max 100 Direct Positive developing kit with very

good results even when using other film types. The key is a test

roll as the effective index seems to increase, sometimes by quite

a bit.

 

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Only complaint: I shoot so seldom and so few rolls that the chemistry

goes bad on me. I feel bad getting only 2 or 3 rolls out of a kit that

is capable of a dozen (especially at about US$30.00/quart).