[pure-silver] Re: Delta 3200 Processing recs.

  • From: Elias Roustom <elroustom@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 17:23:43 -0400

I've gotten great results metering @ 1600 and developing in DD-X (for
whatever it say on the bottle).
Grainy yes, but wonderful gradation from dark to light while keeping
highlights nicely.
Candid shots of family around a dinner table inside a restaurant
printed very well to 5x7 - which is adequate.

Seef if this link works:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/elroustom/2780224954/

Elias

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Richard Knoppow<dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Purdy" <dlp4777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:45 AM
> Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Delta 3200 Processing recs.
>
>
>>  I have an Ilford tech book on hand that says Delta 3200 actual  speed is
>> from 800 to 1000.
>> Dennis
>> On Sep 2, 2009, at 06:45, Shannon Stoney wrote:
>>
>>> My speed was always only 800 with DDX 1 + 4.  I thought the amount  of
>>> grain was pretty bad at long processing times like 15 minutes  and 70
>>> degrees farhenheit.  Made people's faces look diseased!
>>>
>>> --shannon
>
>   If measured using the ISO method both the Ilford and Kodak films will
> measure about 800. Both of these films are intended to be overdeveloped by
> normal standards and the speed is not the ISO speed. They are designed to be
> pushable without excessive fog. The ISO speed method develops the film to
> what is in effect a standard contrast index although its specified as a
> prescribed range of densities to be produced from a prescribed range of
> exposures. The maxium speed available from these films depends on the
> developer. The highest speeds are obtained from fairly active developers
> using Phenidone or one of its relatives, like Kodak Dimezone, as the
> principle agent. Such developers include Ilford Microphen and Kodak T-Max RS
> and Xtol. The films do not do well in concentrated developers like HC-110. I
> thought DD-X was similar to T-Max but evidently its not.
>   Xtol will probably deliver as much speed as T-Max or Microphen but with
> less grain, at least at EI 3200.
>
> --
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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