Delta 3200 @1600 Arista¨ Premium Liquid Developer 1:9 vs ILFOTEC DD-X

[Mcary]

After a 20 year break I've seriously thinking doing my own B&W processing so I'm trying to decide what developer to use. As I will primarily be shooting Arista EDU 100 and 400 I've decided to start out with the [FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Arista¨ Premium Liquid Developer as my main developer but I will also be shooting Delta 3200 at 1000-1600 and was wondering if the Arista was a good choice, looking for fairly nice grain for the speeds given or if I should just order the ILFOTEC to use with the Delta 3200.[/FONT]


[FONT=Times New Roman, serif]Thanks Mike[/FONT]

 

[Leigh Youdale]

If you're using Delta 3200 and want "fairly nice grain" then use DDX. If you want grain like buckshot, use Rodinal. I have no knowledge of Arista but if it's optimised for ISO 100-400 films then I suspect it won't be as good as DDX for the Delta. I use DDX on ALL Delta emulsions and also Kodak T-grain film. I use ID-11 for the 100-400 films like FP4+ and HP5+ and dilute Rodinal on APX100 (when I can get it).

 

[Mcary]

If you're using Delta 3200 and want "fairly nice grain" then use DDX. If you want grain like buckshot, use Rodinal. I have no knowledge of Arista but if it's optimised for ISO 100-400 films then I suspect it won't be as good as DDX for the Delta. I use DDX on ALL Delta emulsions and also Kodak T-grain film. I use ID-11 for the 100-400 films like FP4+ and HP5+ and dilute Rodinal on APX100 (when I can get it).

Leigh,

Thanks 🙂

I went ahead and added the DDX to my Freestyle order so if there isn't any issue with delivery I should be processing my first roll of film since the 1980's sometime Friday evening.

Mike

 

[Tim Gray]

Try XTOl in the future. It's pretty good with just about all films. And by pretty good, I mean it's probably one of the best all around developers.

 

[Mcary]

Try XTOl in the future. It's pretty good with just about all films. And by pretty good, I mean it's probably one of the best all around developers.

Tim.

Thanks!
I was thinking about either ordering some XTOL or Rodinal once I've gone through the stuff I just ordered. Kind of leaning toward trying HP5 and Tri-X with some Rodinal as really like what I've seen on the Flickr Development Recipe site.

Mike

 

[Bruin]

Arista Premium Liquid Developer is Clayton F76+, which is very similar to DDX. You probably couldn't distinguish the negs developed in one from the other. I would use the Arista dev simply because it's more economical than DDX.

I've had great results with XTOL, too.

 

[Mcary]

Arista Premium Liquid Developer is Clayton F76+, which is very similar to DDX. You probably couldn't distinguish the negs developed in one from the other. I would use the Arista dev simply because it's more economical than DDX.

I've had great results with XTOL, too.

Kevin

Thanks that's good to know 🙂


Mike