Anyone have this combination working yet?

My first test leads me to believe that Ilford's done it again; their development recommendation of 7'/75F for EI 3200 gives _flat_ EI 800 negs. Weird. It's as if they've gone to another planet with Delta 3200.

I'm thinking it'll probably want 14'/75F for EI 3200, so that's what I'll try next, with the objective of seeing whether this new magic soup is better for D3200 than Microphen or Xtol.

-- John Hicks / John's Camera Shop (jbh@magicnet.net), October 02, 1999

Answers

Thanks for the info. I still can't get it in the UK. Ilford 'Exposures' magazine had an article praising the developer (surprise), but it didn't give recommended times.

-- Alan Gibson (Alan.Gibson@technologist.com), October 03, 1999.

I tried D3200, exposed at 6400, for 15 min at 21-220C, but thinned 1:5 instead of 1:4 (Do not drink and think at the same time) And the results printed on Oriental FB VC look o.k. Pictures were nightshots at a harbour and early morning trains in the other harbour.

Additionally I used DD-X at the same time for a roll of D400, exposed at 1600. Here the Ilford times work fine.

14 minutes at 250C seems a little steep to me, may give it a try a 9-10 min/250C. But I agree with you, Ilford times for the D3200 aren't worth a single penny.

For finer grain I would recommend Fuji Neopan 1600, btw cheaper, developed in X-Tol 1:1.

For the economy, the DD-X can be reused at least once, after the Deltas I used it for Tmax100, increasing time from 7 to 9 was a little bit too much.

Good Luck

-- Wolfram Kollig (kollig@ipfdd.de), October 04, 1999.

Got some results; 11'/75F for EI 1600 gives a speed and curve shape virtually identical to Xtol 1:1 and Microphen.

-- John Hicks / John's Camera Shop (jbh@magicnet.net), October 04, 1999.