I love the grain and sharpness of the Delta films, and they do indeed print
very easily. I've shot them in bright contrasty sunlight many times, and
still have very printable negatives. Highlights are easy to burn with Delta
for some reason. The only thing I don't like about them is their Caucasian
skin tones, which for some reason, are about a zone or two darker than I
prefer. I have no idea why this appears to be the case, other than
speculating that the emulsion just might not be as sensitive to whatever
color you would call Caucasian.
Thanks,
Ed
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From: "tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2001 11:06 AM
Subject: t-grain films (was re: TMax 400 Processing)
> Ed Mathews wrote regarding tmax:
> >
> <snip>
> > Oddly enough though, I did find that I need to increase the development
and
> > contrast of most other films, like Delta, FP4, and Tri-X. Maybe it's
> > something in my water that interacts with T-Max, but I know many people
> > (both locally and through the web) that feel the same way.
>
> I do.
>
> > I've been
> > thinking of switching to distilled water for developing film, maybe I
should
> > try that and see if it makes any difference.
>
> Probably not, though it can't hurt.
>
> I have the same feeling regarding TMAX. I've never actually developed
> any myself, but all the tmax negs I have from my pre-darkroom days have
> tough highlights.
>
> Now, this biased me against t-grain films and I haven't bothered with
> any since I've had a darkroom, but recently I had to print some delta
> 100 negs. I was surprised at how nice they were, and how easy to print.
>
> Granted, the scene was low contrast, but the skin tones are *great*.
> Very sharp, low grain. So now I'm fiddling with that emulsion again. I
> shot some portraits at a more normal and even high contrast recently,
> but haven't printed them yet. If they look as nice, this may be my new
> slow b+w portrait film.
>
> I'll let you know how it goes.
>
> tv
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