Saturday, March 17, 2012

Ilford Delta 100

Ilford was the film I grew up with. Somewhat iconic, the byword for black and white. This isn't FP4, which I used in my teens, but Delta 100, slightly slower but, according to several posts on flickr and B&H's blurb, with finer grain.    

Three exposures: the first is metered on the nose, the second one stop under and the last one over. Each was scanned with the input limits set to the extreme ends of the histogram and the toes set to smooth, 30 in the shadow and 225 for the highlights. Gamma was 1.5 for all three. Resolution was 1200dpi. A little may be gained by going to 2400dpi, but the scan time is much faster.

On the nose

One stop under
One stop over

At these settings, the last is clearly not working. I like the first two, so the experiment suggests that these settings work and I might use Delta 100 at 125ASA.

The almond trees, which bloomed in late February this year, are just outside Oakdale, CA.



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