ber Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Hi All,<br> Yesterday I shot 3 rolls of the new delta 400 in a nightclub, due to the low light I have oushed it to 800. Two 120 rolls and a 135mm.<br> I want now to process it with ID-11 in a spiral tank. As I never pushed and processed my self a new delta 400 I was wondering if anybody has some infos for my ???<br> I did it with a HP5+ and end-up with a realy high contrasted negatif.<br> <br> Any tips and tricks ?<br> <br> Tank you !<br> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0002a Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Anytime you push film development (adding more development time) you will increase negative contrast. Ilford seems to suggest about 20% increase (from normal) in devlopment for straight ID-11, and about 25% more development for 1:1 dilution. If the contrast is still too high for that scene, next time try Delta 3200 (rated at its true speed of 1000 or just slightly higer). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_hicks___ Posted March 16, 2003 Share Posted March 16, 2003 Give it about 1.4X your normal development time. Bear in mind that pushing is defined as underexposure and overdevelopment, which increases contrast so you get a printable neg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_eaton Posted March 17, 2003 Share Posted March 17, 2003 Do exactly what John said. I've pushed a lot of Delta 400 to 800 and it does this very, very well with extended development. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_mcree Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 If you're willing to try a different developer, I can recommend Ilford's DD-X. I've been shooting 120 Delta 400 at 800 and developing in DD-X for the last couple of months. Processed in this way, it doesn't look like a pushed film at all�the results are truly impressive. I've not had any trouble with excessive contrast. In fact, my experience has been the opposite. I've had to increase development time from Ilford's recommendations because the results were too flat. Ilford recommends 10.5 minutes at 68 degrees at 800 in DD-X; I'm finding that I need between 12 and 13 minutes (spiral tank). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_hurst Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 Microphen is good too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ber Posted March 26, 2003 Author Share Posted March 26, 2003 Thank's for your answers ! :-D<BR><br> I did it finaly with ID-11 and 11 minutes.<br> <br> I will try soon Microphen and DD-X.<br><br> Thank you for your help !!! :-)<br> Marc<br> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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