Ilford Delta 400

Shot on 35mm at box speed with Helios 44-2

A dog laying on the pathment next to a bicycle. Shot in Ilford Delta 400
Kreuzkirche in Hamburg-Ottensen. Shot in Ilford Delta 400>
A person cycling down the road with a large chimney. Shot in Ilford Delta 400>
A construction crane against some dramatic clouds. Shot in Ilford Delta 400>
Large banks of condensators with a strong sunflare in the image. Shot in Ilford Delta 400>
Sample photos shot on 35mm film. Developed and scanned by Nimmfilm in Leipzig and presented here unedited.

About Ilford

Ilford is a traditional manufacturer that was founded in the early years of photography and experienced a number bankruptcies and acquisitions during the decline of analog photography in the 2000s. The company was founded in 1879 by Alfred Hugh Harman in the English town of Ilford in the East of London [1]. In 1928, the company acquired a factory in Mobberley near Manchester airport where manufacturing resides until today [2]. During the 1960s, the Swiss Ciba company acquired stocks in Ilford until they became the sole owner in 1969. Ciba also set up a second manufacturing site in Marly near Bern [3].

Once being part of a multi-national corporation, multiple acquisitions followed over the next decades. In 2004, both the British and Swiss parts of Ilford had to file for bankrupcy and were divided in the process. After finding a Japanese investor, the Swiss Ilford branch had to file for a second bankrupcy in 2013 during which parts of the site in Marly were acquired by the German manufacturer Adox [4]. The British branch was bought out by a group of former managers who formed Harman technology in remembrance of the company founder [5]. Manufacturing remaines in Mobberley, but now also produces film for other brands.

About Ilford Delta 400

The Delta line of films use Ilford's proprietary "core-shell" grain structure. As described by a series of patents [6-8], these core-shell particles in the film emulsion consist of flat, hexagonal twinned crystals with an idiode core and a silver halide shell. The result is that Delta films have a less noticable and more consistent grain than conventional films of identical ISO rating. It seems to be a good choice when larger print sizes are desired.

Links

[1]
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilford_(Unternehmen), retrieved June 14th 2020
[2]
https://www.ilfordphoto.com/about-us/history/, retrieved June 14th 2020
[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilford_Photo, retrieved June 14th 2020
[4]
https://www.fotoimpex.de/website/cool_timeline/adox-uebernimmt-die-giessmaschine-e-von-ilford-in-marly/, retrieved June 14th 2020
[5]
https://www.harmantechnology.com/about-us/history/, retrieved June 14th 2020
[6]
https://patents.google.com/patent/US4184877A/, retrieved June 14th 2020
[7]
https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0359507A2/, retrieved June 14th 2020
[8]
https://patents.google.com/patent/EP0477772A1/, retrieved June 14th 2020

Packaging

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