Bobwill
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Working with outdated Delta 400
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Rob-F
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That sounds like a good way forward, to establish said baseline! Having just sent off for a bottle of the Adox original HC-110, I'll be interested in knowing what developing times/dilutions are working well for box EI Delta 400 with "average scenes." My Delta 400, BTW, expired in 2013, so going on 16 years ago! Time flies, they say.
Bobwill
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I have taken my photographs 4 12 exposure rolls of the same subject each roll as described previously. I am not able to do any developing at the moment but as soon as I can I will report back with findings and questions
Freakscene
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If you shoot and then wait, latency will be a problem. Much better to shoot and develop within 24h.
Bobwill
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This has given me a dilemma, I know you are giving the best advice to help me but how much is this going to hinder my assessing the film. Your advice on developing within 24 hours has passed and it will be around seven days that will pass prior to developing. Will I need to ditch the film I have already exposed and start again?
Cascadilla
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You've been given excellent advice about processing promptly, but what is your usage pattern likely to be? If you load a roll of film and don't finish it for a month or two, as sometimes happens with me, then waiting a few days for developing these test rolls might not be that bad. I haven't noticed big problems with image deterioration but I always shoot film that is within date and is refrigerated until I am about to use it.
Freakscene
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Don’t ditch it. Just shoot and develop next time and understand that there will be some difference between promptly developed and delayed developed film.
Bobwill
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OK I will process when I can, report back and see what we have. If delayed processing has caused an issue should we be able to tell?
Freakscene
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In general terms delaying processing increases grain and decreases contrast and detail in highlights. A lot of it will depend on the state of the film. Develop it, see how it looks and go from there.
Bobwill
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Thank you for that. It looks like I am setting myself up to fail.
Freakscene
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No, the system is remarkably plastic. Just see how it goes. If it’s been frozen or refrigerated you may hardly notice any difference to fresh film. If it was in someone’s garage in Nevada it might be mushy and fogged. There is only one way to find out!
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