I need some help fast!!! SteveLutz?? Anyone??

[Charles Hess]

Ilford Delta 3200 is worlds better than TMax 3200, in my opinion. As Sebastian said, the tones are smoother and the grain tighter and looks pretty good at 3200, though ideal speed is around 1600.

[another view]

You know, I keep hearing so many good things about it that I'm just going to have to try it. Charles has said so much about Delta 100 and I haven't even tried that yet. I've just stuck with Kodak because I can get their chemistry locally but I guess D76 is very similar to Ilford's standard developer.

[Gerry Widen]

I'll 4th using Ilford 3200. I used D-76 (which is the same formula as Ilford ID-11) full strength at ISO 1600 with good results. Check out The Massive Dev Chart it has recommended times (sometimes different than manuf recommended times) for just about every B&W film. Just find your film on the column on the left. It will give times on 3200 for multiple ISO's.

[another view]

I'll 4th using Ilford 3200. I used D-76 (which is the same formula as Ilford ID-11) full strength at ISO 1600 with good results. Check out The Massive Dev Chart it has recommended times (sometimes different than manuf recommended times) for just about every B&W film. Just find your film on the column on the left. It will give times on 3200 for multiple ISO's.

Thanks, Gerry - I'm about to mix my first batch of D-76. Normally, I guess it would be diluted 1:1 for Tri-X, etc. By full strength, do you mean 1:1 or just using the stock solution?

[Gerry Widen]

Full strength is use it as it is after you mix it. Of course waiting for the temperature to get down to 68 deg or so. You should toss it after you use it.