Ilford Delta and Kodak T developer

musikbaer · 2017-02-14T14:30:50+00:00

Hallo, mal eine Frage, womit entwickelt ihr eure Ilford Delta bzw. Kodak T Filme und wie sind eure Erfahrungen? Grüße

musikbaer

Hello, Just a quick question: what do you use to develop your Ilford Delta or Kodak T films, and what have your experiences been like? Best regards

Urnes

My Deltas in A 49 1+1. I don’t use anything else. This brings the Deltas (100 and 400) up to their rated sensitivity. It evens out the contrast a bit. It handles shots in churches with very bright and very dark areas very well. Pushing the 400 to 800 ASA doesn’t make it look any worse than at its nominal sensitivity. There are apparently people who describe the tonal range as muddy with this combination. However, I haven’t been able to see that so far. When printing on MG paper, I always end up somewhere between grade 2.5 and 3. Regards, Sven.

ThomasPauly

For standard quality requirements, I use D76 / ID-11 (1+1); in my view, this already comes close to the optimum when sharpness, fine grain and sensitivity are given equal weighting. € For specific requirements regarding enlargement quality, I use Perceptol (1+1), which produces a noticeably finer-grained result, particularly with 400-speed films. Perceptol tends to optimise fine grain at the expense of speed; however, with flat-crystal films, this effect is barely noticeable or not noticeable at all. The times and speeds specified in the data sheet for Ilford powder developers have proven reliable under my practical conditions. Accordingly, Delta 100 as well as T-Max 100 and 400 reach their nominal speed in Perceptol 1+1, whilst Delta 400 reaches 320 ASA. € The following applies to both developers: in the 400 ASA class, in my opinion, the Kodak film has the edge in terms of sharpness and fine grain; in the 100 ASA range, the Ilford seems to me to be clearly superior in terms of tonal reproduction. € Regards € Tepe