ilford DELTA 400 is as pro as it gets ... black and white film in 35mm and 120

[@arachnenet2244]

Great video outlining the strengths of this film! I'll definitely try Delta at some point, especially for portrait stuff. And those are some phenomenal photos and prints! Fantastic work!

[@ribsy]

really appreciate the comment

[@kingsleynyawo5676]

I like your passion for film photography I watch your videos religiously. Your film reviews are so informative and inspiring with photo examples. Thank you for sharing your experience especially with developing and darkroom printing. Keep up the good work Ribsy.

[@ribsy]

Thank you for the support!

[@TheFilmFellow]

Couldn’t agree more! It’s probably one of the most underrated film stocks. I pushed a roll to 1600 at a concert and it held up really well. Printing that film is indeed amazing. Such smooth yet crispy tones.

[@ribsy]

Yea sounds like you can push it very far

[@tedsmith_photography]

I really like Delta 400. I've used it for various things over the years and never been disappointed. Some people don't like it - don't get why. Always delivers for me.

[@cameronwilson8561]

Totally agree with everything you said on this video. Delta 400 and FP4 are my go to landscape and portrait films. My mind is blown every time I do 16x20” darkroom prints with delta 400 in 35mm. The quality is almost in the realm of medium format (in terms of sharpness). I only did a portrait shoot last weekend with two rolls of delta 400 and two rolls of HP5. Delta 400 was the clear winner by far.

[@ribsy]

Yea fantastic quality

[@vincentvk3538]

Great video - you should definitely try Delta 3200 as well. Beautiful grain, especially on 120.

[@echo282]

Delta 3200 4 life!

[@ribsy]

Yea def gotta give it a shot

[@scottplumer3668]

Delta 400 is great. Using it was the first time I ever really noticed a difference in different film stocks. I mean, others compared side by side, yeah, I could tell a difference, but with Delta, when I first looked I was like "Whoa!"

[@ribsy]

Yea for sure!

[@jamessaulsky9119]

Man this is an awesome video! It's really impressive how sharp you got those shots even in low light when I'm guessing your aperture was close to wide open.

[@ribsy]

yea def, lens was wife open

[@flavioserci6046]

I'm going to buy a bulk of this film. I love it the Delta 100 but your video has convinced me to buy it. I'll develop it in D76. In many years I've shotted in large format, medium format.. but now I'm reevaluating the 35mm.

[@ribsy]

yea its a good film!

[@AlexOnStreets]

Good work. 💪Delta is my 2nd favorite bnw after Tmax. And it's definitely cheaper here in Japan too.

[@ribsy]

Yea ilford prices seem to hold up well everywhere

[@donyee8970]

Great work! Your pictures of the recording sessions reminds me of W. Eugene Smith's Jazz Lofts.

[@ribsy]

Amazing I’m gonna look that up

[@chrissoclone]

Those portraits are outstanding! I should give Delta one more chance maybe, so far I preferred TMax for portraits, but with the current price increases it has become unaffordable and I fell back to HP5 mostly. I always found Delta's grain kind of "grungy" in comparison, but maybe that impression came from the faster speed film, I really hate the grain in Delta 3200 in comparison to Kodak's.

[@ribsy]

yea 400 def has much softer grain than 3200

[@chrissoclone]

@@ribsy Haha, duh, that's clear - compared to Kodak's 3200 grain. Delta always put me off, but maybe it's only a problem with 3200 film.

[@michaelrapp4413]

Nice video and excellent shots! 💪

[@ribsy]

thank you!

[@thebkstank2095]

Great shots. I've heard that exposing dark smin just right can offer certain challenges but I love how you've captured the glow of Obi's skin

[@ribsy]

thank you!

[@partlydave2]

Nice. What gear do you use to tether the flash off camera? I’ve been trying to figure out how to do this with my A1 but I haven’t found any resources to describe how to do it.

[@ribsy]

for a wired setup, i have a simple flash sync cable plugged into the camera. the other end goes right into the flash (looks like 3.5mm headphone jack)

[@dawster1949]

Great review - thanks for going into so much detail and your darkroom process is interesting to see. Just beautiful portraits of the singer 💜

[@ribsy]

thanks for watching!

[@Justin7IME]

Great video Ribsy. I like everything about it. I also started to shoot Delta just a couple weeks ago. The first few rolls in 120, all pushed to 1600, came out very nicely. The characteristics you have mentioned in the video, leave some room for pushprocessing. At least with mediumformat. Thanks for the video!

[@ribsy]

Yea def! I’m gonna try that

[@s.j.249]

Those flash photos are so freakin dope man

[@ribsy]

thank you!

[@jw48335]

Great shots! For black and white film Delta - all three versions - are the best on the market in my opinion. My new favorite developer for it is Black White and Green by Flic. Cheaper than ddx, with similar results, in a syrup for 1-shot use like HC!

[@ribsy]

interesting - i know nothing about it

[@jw48335]

@@ribsy BWG uses the same active ingredients as xtol. I've used xtol in the past and found it similar to ddx, great results. I never liked the 5L size, 6 month shelf life, and powder mix though. The BWG stuff fixes all that. so far I've used it for both stand and Jobo development, and my search for the ultimate developer is done:)

[@Resgerr]

@@jw48335 I had Xtol the year before last and I had it for a year till I used it all up and it was as good at the end as the beginning. I did put marbles in the 5lt bottle to bring the dev up as I used it to keep the air out and kept changing down size bottles and used the marbles again. Air is the enemy, it seems

[@jw48335]

@@Resgerr I had the collapsible bottles to take the air out as I used it and I still had 2L left over when my snip test failed at 10 months. From what I have read the solution will fail randomly and when it does it will fail completely and not work at all. that is consistent with what I experienced. Regardless, this new black white and green stuff, the syrup is supposed to last for years, it is a mix-it as you use it option just like HC, only better :-)

[@alistairmerrifield5035]

Completely agree… it’s my go to for 35mm. But I prefer HP5 for 120, I like the grain on 120.

[@ribsy]

Yea def! Grain is good

[@Eclectachrome]

Great video, thank you! Wow that film is dynamite - the prints looked so cool with the film borders, and you are so right about printing, I recently did a test batch for the first time in 10 years and it was so satisfying! Definitely will try some of this film soon :)

[@ribsy]

Yea it’s nice to change things up!

[@billhackley3540]

thank you for this, can't believe you don't have 100'000 sub's per your always amazing content. thank you from ilford as well

[@ribsy]

Haha thanks a bunch. To 100k I go lol

[@timluttges9413]

Great Video and really nice shots. I love Delta400 for capturing my little daughter. On 120 I push the Film +1 and develop in ID11 1+1. it brings back a little bit more the film Look with the amazing detail you have shown. Nice to see your amazing work with this film 👍🏼

[@ribsy]

Thank you for watching!

[@Adi-vi8is]

splendid work bro! really enjoy your content

[@ribsy]

Thank you for watching!

[@jacobchangphoto]

Amazing images and video

[@ribsy]

Thanks for watching!

[@certs743]

Great video and I love the shots you got out of those photoshoots. Very nice work. And I have to say I love all ilford film stocks. They are much cheaper than Kodak here in Canada too and provide great results.

[@ribsy]

Yea ilford stocks are good. A nice variety too

[@robiulahmed]

I've always preferred white and black film in 35mm over 120 because of the grain.

[@ribsy]

Yea totally agree!

[@ribsy]

Yea totally agree!

[@ribsy]

Yea totally agree!

[@davidellinsworth22]

Great portraits!!! I've not shot much black and white, and after discovering I cannot stand HP5 I've been trying to decide between Delta 400 and Tmax 400 as my next shot at monochrome.

[@ribsy]

def give delta 400 a try

[@davidellinsworth22]

@@ribsy think I might 👍👍👍

[@w42ren]

Very inspiring firstly to try Ilford Delta and secondly to try more portraits. For remotely triggering the flash I use a vivitar SL-2, it has a tripod mount and is triggered by light as a slave from the hotshoe flash or the built in flash of the camera. You can convert any hotshoe flash into a

[@w42ren]

> tripod slave flash, and I carry a mini tripod to keep it portable

[@ribsy]

Good point!

[@garvinkelly]

great photos Ribsy!

[@ribsy]

thank you!

[@valhala73]

Great Video!!!

[@ribsy]

Thanks for watching

[@hmpeter]

I really like the delta films, esp. when developed in Adox FX-39 II.

[@ribsy]

Yea seems like a good combo

[@gusatvoschiavon]

You can try pushing the 120 film to like 1600 or more I would love to see a video about it

[@ribsy]

Maybe one day

[@rioszeke]

Were these rc prints? Or fiber? The prints came out great!

[@ribsy]

RC prints

[@pmartinez358]

How do you meter with flash>?

[@ribsy]

depends on the flash. this one has a fixed distance scale

[@olsonbryce777]

Love you bro 😭

[@ribsy]

awwwwwww 😅

[@ale_s45]

beautiful

[@ribsy]

Thanks

[@zeus3890]

really cool photos, did you use the canon P with the jupiter lens to take the 35mm shots?

[@ribsy]

Yup! Simple setup for the first bunch

[@reggieperry4606]

Great video. Question. Do you think that if you printed delta in medium format that it would have the same look as a digital print converted to black and white? I wouldn’t have thought so but you’ve probably seen this directly therefore I ask.

[@ribsy]

Yea I think so. The grain is so fine in medium format

[@Awayne429]

Is that the canon P? I have the canon vi-t, same body as the p but with a trigger winder.

[@ribsy]

Yea canon P

[@wesleythewreker668]

Hey ribs, would you tell me which flash you have on your canon p? Was just looking for a flash for mine. Thank you

[@ribsy]

It’s a cheap one I got at a charity shop - arkon is the brand I think

[@cameraprepper7938]

A "PRO" black and white film makes no senses, but back in the "good" old days of analog color films for a professional it was very essential that the color of the films was exactly the same, especially when using slide film for a slide show, so professional films had the same age, the same production and serial numbers. professional photographers always had a LOT of film stored in refrigerators og freezers to be sure of constant supply of color films, so those film was called professional film, for amateur hobby photographers it gave no senses to use professional films, they was not better but much more expensive.

[@ribsy]

Interesting

[@mpk33]

Next is XP2. ;-)

[@ribsy]

Haha maybe

[@mpk33]

@@ribsy You'll love it, mate.

[@talleyrand9442]

❤️

[@ribsy]

😀

[@dersy]

got any lens reccomendations for the canon p? I got a cheap soviet one and I'm not loving the results.

[@ribsy]

All I have is a cheap Soviet lens 😅

[@dersy]

@@ribsy 😂😂😂

[@SinaFarhat]

Nice! :)

[@ribsy]

thanks for watching

[@eliasrangoni1505]

good video but this is not a good beer glass. As a belgian i am very shoked

[@ribsy]

ok