Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill and Henry, I was going to suggest DDX with the new Delta as that's what I've been using for several weeks now with great luck. I typically dilute mine 1.5 oz to 6.5 oz. at 68 degrees for 9 minutes with inverting agitation the first full minute with 10 secs per minute thereafter. You'll note my dilution is a bit less than the full 2 oz. Ilford recommends. I ran a roll the other day with their dilutions and found it quite a lot more contrasty...all other factors being the same. Henry, you might try it this way. Bill, you might just give this DDX a shot. I've a friend who just switched to it...away from Xtol...and loves it. I will mention I also print with a condenser enlarger. Lea henry wrote: > >Has anyone a suggestion for processing the NEW Delta 400 in XTOL on a roller? > > > >I shoot at 400 and use a valoy (condensor) enlarger. Thanks, Bill Lawlor > > > Hey Bill, > > You might be in for some work here. > > I've been playing with the new Delta 400 and DDX. I find that its really > easy to get run-away print highlights. > > PhotoTechniques ran an article about this film that says it resists > higlight blocking, but I have film to prove otherwise. > > I've run some in my Jobo and it was bad! But only one run so thats not > authoritative by any means. The best results I've had have been using > inversion with very gentle agitation and to cut the suggested times by > about 15% AND letting the film stand (no agitation) the last 3 minutes > of an 8 min total time. > > I am about to run some in Diafine and DiXactol, both 2 bath developers. I > hope to find that one of these developers will help compensate for what I > think is a tendency of this film to run away in the highlights. > > In less contrasty conditions it is an amazingly fine grained, broad range > film with a real speed of about 500 by my earlier tests. It may have to > get slowed down though - we'll see. I've shot a bit in 120 also and its > better there, but probably because I have not asked it to perform > miracles like I do in 35mm. > > So far, I have not gotten the results from Delta 400 that I have with > Delta100 and DDX, which is lovely. For some reason I think there should > be a common thread to these films but I have not found it yet. Delta 400 > does scan extremely well so I'm going to keep working on it until I get > what I'm looking for or give up and go to Agfa 400 which is pretty film > if not so fine grained. > > Please let us hear your results. > > Henry - -- Lea Murphy Whiny Dog Press 816-333-9111 Home: http://www.whinydogpress.com Newest: http://www.whinydogpress.com/new.html