Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> Just in case anyone's interested. I shot a rough test today of the NEW > Ilford Delta 400 Professional along side the OLD 400 Delta. > > Shot one after the other, same camera, same light, same scene - gray > cards, white textured cloth, black textured cloth, shadows and > highlights. I used Ilfotec DDX at Ilford's suggested time of 8 minutes at > 74 degrees. This is the time for the old film at 400 and the new film at > 800. I ran them in the same tank together. > > It appears that the new film is about one stop faster given same > processing. > > As to what the scans look like - that comes soon. I'll post them if > anyone wants. > Ilford claims on the package that its faster and finer grained. > > Has anyone else used the new film? > > Henry > I just used the new Delta 400 and I am very impressed with the 8x10's. I think this new Delta is MUCH finer grained, the tones are better and the film seems to have a dreamy quality about it. BTW I am a long time Delta user and I like this new Delta. Steve Annapolis