Pulling Ilford Delta 3200

[scorpius73]

I have quite a few rolls of Ilford Delta 3200. Instead of buying more film. I was going to pull them to say ASA 400 or ASA 800. I will soup them in Ilford DDX. Has anyone got examples or encouraging words? And yes, I am being cheap and not buying film at the moment.

 

[hans voralberg]

Rate @ ISO 1000 or 1250, in my experience that work best with DDX

 

[back alley]

i agree, rate it at 1000 and use ddx, beautiful.

 

[scorpius73]

i agree, rate it at 1000 and use ddx, beautiful.

still use time for asa 3200?

 

[back alley]

still use time for asa 3200?

no, go to massive developing chart for times & temps.

http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php

joe

 

[scorpius73]

no, go to massive developing chart for times & temps.

http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.php

joe

yep. know all about massive dev chart. some prefer to shoot it at 1000 and dev with same time as 3200. just seeing what you are doing.

 

[Turtle]

Rate @ ISO 1000 or 1250, in my experience that work best with DDX

Spot on IMO. 1000-1250 is its real speed in Xtol/DdX. maybe in perceptol it would drop to 800 or so, but I would not pull it as it is already a low contrast film.

400 film will produce much higher quality images at 400 IMO.

 

[planetjoe]

I'd agree with the others, with regard to not pulling too much.

My normal procedure is to shoot it @1600, which is actually a push, if you trust the "unofficial" rating of 1000ASA for the emulsion.

I can't say I've ever developed D3200 myself, but I believe my local lab usually souped it in Xtol.

Cheers,
--joe.

 

[Turtle]

and yes, I develop it for roughly 3200 times at 1000 otherwise it comes out flat as a pancake at the Ilford times.