Ilford Delta100. I want to try it.

[jose_francisco]

I use APX100 as 100 asa film (developing in Rodinal 1:50 or D76 1:1),

but I would like to try Delta100. So which developer do you use?

Which is the best developer for this film? Developing times?

 

I enlarger in LPL7700VCCE.

 

Thanks.

[ronald_moravec1]

Delta 100 looks similar to APX 100 if both are developed in Rodinal except Delta has finer grain. My experiments were at 1:50 dilution.

[stephen sullivan]

Give Xtol stock and or Xtol 1:1 a try.

[rich815]

Why is it you are attracted to Delta 100? Good film for sure. Consider trying Fuji Acros 100 too, another good one. Either will be less grainy than APX100.

[bernard_frank]

I've had nice results with Delta 100 and Ilford's DD-X.

[kaiyen]

What are you trying to go for? Sharpness? Low grain? Speed? Highlight control?

 

allan

[russ_butner___portland__or]

My lab soups my Delta 100 in X-Tol, and with great results. Considerably better than Agfa 100 and T-Max 100. Also, the Fuji ACROS is quite good.

 

Russ

[melvin_bramley]

I have used D100 for some time & like the results when processed in XTOL @ 1:1. For "my" enlarger & thermometer I find I have to overdevelop. I use the EI 200 times instead of the 100 times. The same goes for D400.

[russ_butner___portland__or]

I burn my Delta 100, @ 80.

 

Russ

[chris_waller]

I rate Delta 100 at 50 ASA and dev in Rodinal 1:50, 20 C, 8 minutes. That's for a diffuser head enlarger.<div></div>

[rich_ullsmith1]

Agree with the ISO50 or 80 with this film, unless you have a compensating developer, maybe Xtol or Perceptol.

 

I think you can do no wrong by sticking with your Rodinal 1+50, Chris times above, or the D-76 (stock). With these two developers you can pull just about whatever you want out of this film.

[craig_h1]

Right now, I.ve been using D-76 stock. But I've run out of my stock of Kodak chemicals & since they will no longer make b&w paper, I will not longer use any of their products,

[gan_esh]

Ilford Delta 100 is probably my favourite B&W medium speed film (also like fp4+).

 

Delta 100 works well with Ildord DD-X , ID 11 and Perceptol. You can get dev times (pdf) from Ilford's website.

 

You can also try this formula. (my darkroom teacher gave it to me a few years back.)

 

FORMULAE (for 500ml dev tank / 35mm film)

 

Xtol = 100 ml

 

H2O = 400ml

 

Rodinal Concentrate = 4 to 5 ml.

 

Develope Delta 100 for 10.5 - 11 minutes at 24 deg celsius.

You can try lower temperatures (22 deg/ 12-13 min) but I'm more comfortable with the times for 24 deg.

 

Results (personal opinion) = not as grainy as Rodinal and not as 'flat' as Xtol. Great detail in shadows.

 

If you do try it, e-mail me and let me know how your final prints turned out.

 

Cheers!

[jose_francisco]

I will try it, Gan.

Thanks everybody.

[mb81]

Delta 100 is Ilfords version of T-Max 100. This stuff has in my eyes the finest grain of any 100ISO film. Ilford D-11 is again, Ilfords version of Kodak D-76. The development times for both are identical in all situations.

 

This stuff is great, a bit expensive, but good. I shoot it in 8x10. The combo of shooting 8x10 and using this film is incredible.