Simon,
ruralwales@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
<< I found Delta 400 only gave a small improvement in grain over HP5, and
pushing was worse, so I stayed with the older film. >>
I have recently been using Delta 100, 400 &3200 (I assume old versions)
after they were recommended by a list member a while back. I find the grain
improvement over Tri-X/HP5 quite significant **when exposed correctly**.
Reciprocity does seem worse and if underexposed it does not do as
well. Overexposure seems to be better. Processing also seems more picky
(check the time-temperature-dilution -developement curves on the Ilford
website to see why).
My son has been using TRI-X so I have been comparing his results to
my Delta400 with similar developement conditions. I do prefer the Tri-X
grain structure but Delta does seem to have much finer grain and offers a
good compromise in structure between a traditional film like Tri-X and
Kodak's TMax which I shot some years back.
YMMV.
Regards,
Tim Hughes
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