frank_alvaro1 Posted August 24, 1997 Share Posted August 24, 1997 Can anyone tell me if I can have B&W film processed commercially as positives, ie so I can view the shots as slides?I gave away darkroom work a few years ago because I couldn't devote enough time to it, but I really enjoyed takingB&W shots. What would be the best films to use? What special instructions does the lab require? Any other help ortips would be appreciated. <p> Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_smith Posted August 24, 1997 Share Posted August 24, 1997 you have a few options with this one. First, Agfa Scala is a B&W slide film. Only a few labs process it at present but the results I have seen are excellent. Second, try TMax 100 with special processing & you will get good results. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoltan_zentai Posted December 30, 1998 Share Posted December 30, 1998 You can develop most b&w negatives as slide. There is a process for reversing films. The procedure consist of six main steps:1. First developping (hard)2. Dissulution of silver. The unexposed silver-haloid stays in gelatine.3. Exposure of left silver-haloid. (~60 sec. under 60W with taked down tank top.4. Second developping. The full developping of exposed silver-haloid.5. Fix. <p> There are several recipes for this procedures. I can write they for ask. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_callaghan Posted January 27, 1999 Share Posted January 27, 1999 I have some old (>10 years) text from a BJP annual, some from Ilford and an article from Photo Technique (UK, now defunct). All involve develop, bleach, clear, re-expose, re-develop, stop and fix. If you care to contact me with your address for copies. At the moment when time allows I'm trying to computerise all this old data, when thats done I could email the stuff but who knows when that'll be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_downey Posted February 7, 1999 Share Posted February 7, 1999 I recently started experimenting with developing B&W slides. I collected a number of articles - books, magazines and from the www, and read them. They were all very similar, and I pieced together a process which worked well for me. It can be found on my home page at www.mjd.u-net.com Something which isn't mentioned there is using paper developer (eg. ilford multigrade) instead of the recipe developer. That is something I intend to investigate eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike_callaghan Posted February 8, 1999 Share Posted February 8, 1999 Further to your query one of the answers is to try Multigrade developer, I've yet to try this but beware that it is formulated for use with developer incorporated papers. A better trial would be to use Bromophen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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