Re: T-max 400 processing times.

[Ian D Wilson <idw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

As far as film preference is concerned, I guess you pays your money and
takes your choice.  For me, in the UK, Ilford B&W film has always been
easier to obtain than Kodak - hence I have concentrated on it.  I played
with FP4 and HP5 for many years, and found them easy to use - FP4 was my
standard film, but I always found it rather grainy for its speed.

When Delta came out, I switched over to it exclusively.  Having worked
with FP4, Delta 100 came as a complete shock: only 1/3 of a stop slower,
but the grain is barely noticeable on a 12x16 enlargement.  I found it
rather more contrasty and a lot sharper than FP4 (developed in LC-29)
which suited my diffuser enlarger.  I also use Delta 400 a lot - often
pushing it to 1600 - with excellent results.  The grain is definitely
more noticeable than with Delta 100, but certainly no worse than good
old FP4.

I can't comment on Pan-F since I've never used it, and SFX-200 strikes
me as an "inbetween" film - if I want an IR effect, I use HIE!  All I
can say about Delta is: try it - you'll be impressed.

- -- Ian.

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