Ilford Delta 100

[Buster6X6]

I bought a folder couple weeks ago(Bessa I). So to try it out I rummaged trough my fridge to find long expired rolls of film.I found three rolls of Tmax400 four years old also I found one roll of Delta 100.First two rolls I developed in Pyro-HD and found I had a light leak. After I fixed that I shut a roll of Tmax and because my Pyro is about Year old I did not trust it to develop next two rolls. I used next best thing Rodinal I found the time to develop it I used delusion 1:50 for12 min normal agitation. The negative came out great even though light was flat.Next I used Delta 100 I never used this film before and this is what this thread is all about. I looked through the APUG for couple hours to find times to develop this film. Finally I decided to use Rodinal with extreme minimal agitation. And low and behold I was amazed with the results.What a wonderful film with this developer combination.I developed it for 25 min Rodinal 1:100 with initial 15 sec inversions and then every 8 min couple inversions till time expired. Simply wonderful I was always wondering if Fuji cuts Acros 100 what I am going to use. This is it Delta 100 in Rodinal I just wanted to share this with everybody.
Cheers Greg

 

[jim appleyard]

Isn't it just plain cool and fun when you stumble across something good?!

 

[mark]

What did thr Rodinal do to the grain? The point of Delta 100 was very little grain. Are the negs grainy?

 

[FrankB]

If you like it in Rodinal, try it in Aculux 2!

 

[Buster6X6]

Thanks Jim
I was blown away with the results. Mark totaly no grain that I could see with magnifying glass. I have to print negatives to confirm that. With TMax 400 and Rodinal 1:50 and normal agitation and developing time you can see grain not huge but noticeable.This kind of results I was getting from Fuji Acros and Rodinal as well as Fuji Acros and Pyro-HD.
Frank I am so in baby steps yet even though I have been doing B/W for three years now, much more to learn. Thanks guy's for your replies.
Greg