First try Delta 100

[Mister E]

Screw TIFFs. NCPS won't give TIFFs anyway.

 

[mfogiel]

If you want the best out of Delta 100, you should develop in FX39 yourself.

 

[MCTuomey]

I agree with Mike Thomas. But your photos and scans look great. In the harsh Australian sun I would avoid looking for such high contrast. I like Rollei Retro 100 in this regard, although my lab frequently screws up the scan.

Thanks for posting. I should consider Rollei Retro 35. It appears to be reborn Agfa APX 100, no?

Yep, that looks like Delta 100. I started using it in 120 because I was bored w/ FP4 and needed a slower speed film for times when Tri-X just wasn't right for the situation. At least for me, I found that it had a hard time coping w/ the harsh sun here in New Mexico, but I haven't used it enough to decide if I'm going to stay w/ it. It sure makes nice portraits though.

I haven't seen any issues w/ JPEG's vs TIFFs. To my understanding, if the JPEG is saved as a large file in PS, it can be opened and modified a lot of times before seeing any degradation that would in any way affect your prints. Once you open a file you can make all of the changes you wish, it's only when you open and close the files to modify them over and over that you might see cumulative damage, but again, I have never seen any degradation in my own files, and some of them have been modified many times.

Thanks, Steve. I don't do much in post-processing - crop, minor exposure adj, always some contrast adj - and I do them without repeated saves on a duplicate of the scan, so maybe I don't need to be concerned.

If you want the best out of Delta 100, you should develop in FX39 yourself.

I agree with Marek...that, or rodinal.

Thanks for pointing it out. I'm a low volume film shooter these days. If I find myself shooting more, with the opportunity to process my own film regularly, I will do so.