Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Giorgio Ferrari asked: Are the developing times, [for Ilford Delta 3200] reported onto the developers charts, wrong? (I can exclude developing errors or fixing errors). Have you experience with this film? Can you help me? This is a frequently reported problem, consensus appears to me to be that the times are wrong, that you need to extend the development time. My own results suggest that this film is 800 to 1200 in speed. I shoot at that speed, then develop for the 1600 times, in DD-X, rounding off toward more development. The resulting negatives have a very high base fog, which seems to be a characteristic of the emulsion, but great tonalities. I have had some streaking problems, and Ilford tech services informed me that the developer should be mixed with tap water, not distilled water, as was my practice. Given the wide variety of tap water, I found this odd, but that's what they said. As previously suggested, one nice aspect of this film is that it comes in 120. Regards, Phil Stiles NH USA