Development Time for Delta 100 and DD-X

[Rob-F]

The film box says 12 minutes at 68 degrees. I thought that sounded too long, but that's what it said, so that's what I did.

It's too long. Very dense negatives. I will try 8 minutes next time. But in the meantime, does anyone have any preferred times to report?

 

[tlitody]

don't have times for that combination but I'm curious what speed you used as DDX does give a moderate speed increase so will give some over exposure at 100. You may need to reduce exposure as well as reduce development to get the right balance.

 

[ChrisN]

DD-X 1+4 11 minutes 20c.

DD-X became too expensive in the local market and I think the importers dropped it (certainly the retailers did) in favour of ID-11.

 

[Rob-F]

Well, I hope I can find another bottle when I'm ready, because I sure like the stuff! As far as the speed boost with DDX, it makes sense, but funny Ilford didn't take that into account in their recommendations. Actually I have found, in the past, that for me at least, 125 seems to be a good rating for Delta 100. I forget what developer that was with. I have tried it at 200 with good results in XTOL. But I'm not using XTOL currently.