For those who have used Scala, whether for photo journalism, portraits or even for landscape images, would be disappointed now that Agfa may not ever produce any more Scala. The film was favored by many for its sharpness, contrast and its ability to shoot at 200 ASA as good as in 800 ASA. You could push it to 1200 ASA too with negligible grains!

When BH Photo started showing “Out of Stock” on Scala for over 2 months now, I wrote to Agfa only to hear that they would ship the remaining stock to their preferred partner in USA in Santa Ana – Foto Fiesta.

The Scala processing has been a proprietary to Agfa and only a few laboratories have the ability to process them. However, labs like DR-5 and Duggal’s of NYC will continue to process Scala in their labs, though their rates could change now.