[pure-silver] Re: Film advice, please [update]

I was impressed with the tonality. I don't mind the grain so much, but a little less wouldn't hurt. What's DDX shelf life like? I use D76, Rodinal, and before that Ilfotec HC, and they last for months. My Ilfotec HC lasted about a year, to the very last drop of concentrate. I worry that the DDX will be a use it fast or lose it kind of thing. 

Elias

On Aug 19, 2008, at 11:12 PM, Dennis Purdy wrote:
Doing zone 1 type speed testing with the film I think most people come to the 1000 speed conclusion. Personally it comes out 800 for me. I process quite a lot of it and for some reason it has less grain when you process it with Ilford DDX. In fact for me it has significantly less grain in DDX than in Xtol stock.. which has significantly less grain than D76. With DDX processing I can make a 7x7 print that doesn't have apparent grain unless you have really good close vision and can stick your nose up close. It is expensive but lets you do things you wouldn't do otherwise and Delta 3200 is capable of very beautiful tonality. 
Dennis
On Aug 19, 2008, at 19:06, ERoustom wrote:
I went the Delta3200 @ 1600, and processed the film last night (D76 1+0 (stock) for 9.5 min @ 20C). I've managed to scan some, and I know it's not much of an indication, but with a little shadow and highlight or curves adjustments I'm getting pretty good tones and detail - somewhere in the blizzard of grain. Some of the results are beautiful.
If I find a frame that isn't too personal, I'll post it online. But I wouldn't say the film is under exposed. I let the EOS metering system do its thing, and once I made it bracket three shots by one stop. The +1 shot looks like it has more contrast and perhaps detail - that's the 800ISO shot then. It got images for me at apertures quite near wide open - so I did need that kind of speed.
I'd play with this film again for sure, it has a lot of potential (for me). Only problem is that it's expensive. 

Thanks for your help.

Elias


On Aug 16, 2008, at 9:13 AM, Shannon Stoney wrote:
Well, I haven't used either film but as a sort of generic answer the ISO-400 film will be right at its limit at 1600 while the 3200 film has an ISO speed of around 800 to 1000.
This is my experience also with Delta 3200. If I try to shoot it at any ISO higher than about 800, the negatives are underexposed. 

--shannon
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