DDX Sweet Spot

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Iflord films in DDX have an interesting sweet spot.
Delta 400, Delta 3200, and HP5 can all souped together at 9Min time. This permits an interesting shooting range:

  • Delta 400 at 500
  • HP5 at 400
  • and Delta 3200 at 3200

I often shoot the Delta 400 with an medium yellow filter. This means that if I shoot it at the same S&A as the HP5, the EI works the same. Generally the delta films respond quickly to changes in development. DDX seems to boost shadows faster than highlights, making scanning easier.
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Another Sweet Spot

You can also shoot and soup the films in the following sets.

EI 400

  • D400
  • TX
  • TMY

Soup these for 8 Mins.

EI800

  • TX
  • HP5

Soup these for 10 mins.

Using this information, you will be able to group your souping, thereby gaining a bit more throughput in your darkroom work.

Speedup Photoshop Work

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First — don’t fall for the name. It isn’t a photo shop. It wasn’t designed, primarily, for photographers.
Yep, I’ve watched that interview. But, I was around long before version1.0 . And I was writing code for the Amiga. And the Mac.

Adobe was/and is/ a print shop tool vendor.

speedup photoshop by using Lightroom

Photoshop is for what you couldn’t do in camera.