Delta 3200 is a film I love too, and if I had more money to spend on photography, would use it a lot more.
I have found that if you shoot in normal daylight with it, it is very low contrast, and needs to be developed for quite a bit longer than seems logical at times. I've used Xtol, DD-X, Rodinal, and HC-110. All produce wonderful results, but you have to dial in the development time.
When you shoot at night, it's as though the film's low contrast comes into its own, and scenes such as the one posted by Ratty Mouse is like hand in glove for this film without doing much of anything to the normal times posted by Ilford.
You have to consider the conditions in which you shoot, and also the final output, in order to determine how the film must be exposed and processed. This is true with all films and developers, but maybe especially so with Delta 3200 because it's so different to all other films out there.
D76 will work just fine. I'd probably recommend stock solution or 1+1 so that you don't end up with ridiculously long developing times.
Although if you shoot in very high contrast lighting, and you want shadow detail to be more prominent, you could dilute the developer more, like 1+3, and use the resulting very long developing time to your advantage. Just agitate a bit less, say every 2 minutes or so, and let those shadows come up.
I have found that if you shoot in normal daylight with it, it is very low contrast, and needs to be developed for quite a bit longer than seems logical at times. I've used Xtol, DD-X, Rodinal, and HC-110. All produce wonderful results, but you have to dial in the development time.
When you shoot at night, it's as though the film's low contrast comes into its own, and scenes such as the one posted by Ratty Mouse is like hand in glove for this film without doing much of anything to the normal times posted by Ilford.
You have to consider the conditions in which you shoot, and also the final output, in order to determine how the film must be exposed and processed. This is true with all films and developers, but maybe especially so with Delta 3200 because it's so different to all other films out there.
D76 will work just fine. I'd probably recommend stock solution or 1+1 so that you don't end up with ridiculously long developing times.
Although if you shoot in very high contrast lighting, and you want shadow detail to be more prominent, you could dilute the developer more, like 1+3, and use the resulting very long developing time to your advantage. Just agitate a bit less, say every 2 minutes or so, and let those shadows come up.
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