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 > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your > account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > ============================================================================================================To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.