Develop time for Delta 3200 at 1000.

[keithdunlop]

I recently souped a couple of rolls of Delta 3200 shot at 1000 in DD-X for 7 1/2 minutes. I basically added 30 seconds to the recommended time for ISO 800. But, the negatives came out a bit thin and I'm wondering what time other people use.

 

[calebk]

Generally speaking, pulling more than one stop isn't advisable. You tend to lose contrast once you pull film (as opposed to getting more dramatic contrast when you push) so I'm not surprised your negs look a little on the thin side.

It could be possible that you also underexposed your film, which leads to very little highlight area and more midtone or shadows in each frame.

You could also have underdeveloped, so your highlights didn't really get a chance to form up nicely. That could be another cause for your negatives looking thin. Many possibilities...

Perhaps a sample scan may put things in perspective?

 

[funkpilz]

I thought Delta 3200 was a true 1000 ISO film? So that wouldn't be pulling at all…

 

[Tim Gray]

Maybe try the time for 1600.

I don't know about Delta 3200, but T-Max 3200 shoots and develops just fine at 800 and 1600. In fact, I prefer it over 3200.

 

[keithdunlop]

I'm not pulling the film because it's well known to have a true speed of 1000.

I have shot the film at 1600, but I was not thrilled with the increase in grain and contrast, therefore I wanted to try it at it's true speed.

I have a Plustek 7600 on order, so perhaps I could have a couple of scans in a few days. In the meantime, anyone have any actual experience processing the film at 1000 in DD-X?

 

[Faintandfuzzy]

Its true speed is about 1000-1250. Process with the 3200 times as recommended, and your negs will be fine. I routinely rate at 3200, and process with 6400 times, and the negs scan fine.

 

[tlitody]

if you want to shoot it at 1000 then dev 1+4 for 12 minutes @ 20degC using ilfords agitation routine. You'll get about 4 1/2 stops of useable below metered and 5 plus above which is still fairly low contrast. If you want something a bit more punchy, then rate at 1600 and dev for 18 minutes which will give 4 stops below and 4 stops above metered(from black to white each zone being 0.8 of a stop in zone system parlance). i.e. relatively normal contrast.

 

[tlitody]

I thought Delta 3200 was a true 1000 ISO film? So that wouldn't be pulling at all…

it just happens to hit the ISO at that speed when using ID11. But it wasn't designed to be developed in ID11 so its "True" speed is meaningless unless you are devloping in ID11 which is not the case here.

 

[venchka]

How would a person handle 120 Delta 3200 and Microphen? Film E.I. and development time/temp.?

 

[tlitody]

How would a person handle 120 Delta 3200 and Microphen? Film E.I. and development time/temp.?

EI 3200 dev as per ilfords times using stock for 9 minutes @ 20 degC

gives 4 stops below and 4 stops above. i.e. normal contrast.

I hope you like grain if you go that route, although shouldn't be too bad with 120 if you don't enlarge too much.