Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:50 PM 5/6/01 -0400, you wrote: >So, what's worth looking at? Is there anything that matches Delta 100 plus >XTOL 1:3? I like D-76/ID-11 1:1 to 1:3. It works well with Delta 100. > How is the DD-X people have been talking about this week? DD-X is essentially a liquid-concentrate version of Microphen. Because of the phenidone derivative used (for good storage life) development times are longer but in all other characteristics it's the same as Microphen. >Are there any 400 speed films that compare favorably to HP5+? There's a new version of Delta 400 but my first tests have been marred by pressure/bending fogging of 120 rolls. A couple of people have recently mentioned the same sort of problems with 35mm. So...imho, HP5+ is still where it's at. > 100 Speed films better than Delta 100? There's new Fuji 100 Acros, Fuji's answer to TMX and Delta 100. I just did a speed/development test of the film in D-76 1:1 in the Jobo; I came up with EI 50 for "normal contrast" development of 7'/75F, one-minute (only) presoak. Fuji calls this film "orthopanchromatic"; I wonder if the unexpected low EI I got was because I exposed the test strip by tungsten light rather than 5000k or so sunshine. John Hicks jbh@magicnet.net