Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>At 09:18 PM 31/05/99 -0400, you wrote: >>Here it is 10 days before my one trip of the year ( santa fe, NM) and I am >>obcessing over which camera to take ( M6 with 35/2 and 90/2.8). Now that >>this is settled ( or is it hmmm.....) I am now obsessing over which BW film >>to take. For low light I am going to try Delta 3200 and was wondering if >>any on the group have used it specifically with HC110? Thoughts, >>condemnations, etc. >> >>ernie nitka It seems you have not used Delta 3200 before, at least not with HC 110, so make sure you try it out (including development, and perhaps even making enlargements) before you go, as chances are you will be disappointed otherwise. Just to recall from previous postings, Ilford's Fact Sheet states that the ISO speed rating is 1000, not 3200. The tests I have read state that this film starts losing quality at e.i. setting over 1600, and my personal experience supports this. For an e.i. of 1600 you can just as well push Tri-X two steps in Xtol. Anyway, HC-110 does not seem to be the best developer for 3200 films. T-max developer is better suited. The Ilford Fact Sheet lists the following times for HC-110 at 68° for e.i.'s of 1600 and 3200: 5 mins and 8 mins for dilution A, and 9 min and 14.5 mins for dilution B. The French magazine Réponses Photo says the times stated by Ilford are much too short and acceptable prints can only be achieved using MG paper and extreme filtering. - -- christer almqvist eichenstrasse 57, d-20255 hamburg, fon +49-40-407111 fax +49-40-4908440 14 rue de la hauteur, f-50590 regnéville-sur-mer, fon+fax +33-233 45 35 58