Scala vs Reversal film

["Paul A. Lehman" <palehman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There is currently a discussion on Scala vs Reversal
processing on the alt-process-photo group. Nothing new
has been mentioned that we haven't already talked about
here. However, one of the members provided this opinion
that may be of interest (direct quote below). The last
paragraph may be the most useful (about the Agfapan)

Paul A. Lehman

> The question I have always had about Scala is why bother. Just shoot Tmax 100 and use the reversal kit  its cheaper
> and I think the results are much better. I have a friend who uses quite a bit of Scala because he hates the darkroom and
> finds it easy, just send the film to Duggal, and more cost effective than dealing with a lab for work prints. I have never
> liked any of the results he has produced. In every instance I think Tmax would produce a better positive. 
>     If you're really into b&w positives try Agfapan 25 in the Tmax reversal kit the results are mind blowing. I don't
> remember -its been  a while- the exposure ( around iso 50?) or developing times. I bet you could process it like Tmax
> 100 and get good enough results to formulate a strategy.