Ilford 3200 medium format 120 monochrome film

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Anybody used it?

Any tips?

Have bought a couple of rolls to shoot and home develop. I think I've got the bug!!

Also bought an orange filter - looking at my digital Mono conversions I always push the orange so I figure that was a good place to start.

As ever, thanks for your help!
 
Only shot Delta 3200 in 35mm. Rated at 3200 because I wanted to use it indoors without flash. Developed it in Ilfosol 3. Very grainy and contrasty.
I'd try HP5 at 1600 next time.
 
I have two rolls in the fridge but haven't had the courage to use them yet.

Everything I read about it suggests it's best to shoot it @ 1600 and process for 3200
 
simon ess said:
I have two rolls in the fridge but haven't had the courage to use them yet.

Everything I read about it suggests it's best to shoot it @ 1600 and process for 3200
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This is what I've read too. Just wondered if anybody had any real world examples.
 
I had a go with delta 3200 once. Sadly I didn't load it properly so ended up with a blank film! I have 3 rolls of 35mm waiting to be used at some point. Experimenting with grain reduction when scanning or post scan fiddling might be a good idea.
 
Delta 3200, shot at 1000 and processed normally, no push no pull
Its a 10 year old scan, and looking at it now it looks a bit blown on the forehead and cheeks, I don't think I scanned it but I printed it in the Dkroom with no issues at all, exposure was very good, it was a easy print from the neg..:)




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Thank you all! Should get some by the end of the week so will have a go in this fine month of January!
 
I've got some presently in my 645 AFD which I've shot at 1600 over new year and am planning on processing as 3200 in D76 once I finish the roll. (hopefully tomorrow) Never used it before so this is new territory for me too. Last time I just pushed HP5 to 1600 instead.
 
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I've only shot one roll of Delta 3200 in medium format, at ISO1600 in a Yashicamat - I can't recall the developer. Here are some samples:

2010 October 8th, Newcastle, Yashicamat, Delta 3200@1600, v700, 2400ipi 031-Edit.jpg

2010 October 8th, Newcastle, Yashicamat, Delta 3200@1600, v700, 3200ipi 024.jpg

2010 October 8th, Newcastle, Yashicamat, Delta 3200@1600, v700, 3200ipi 025.jpg

2010 October 8th, Newcastle, Yashicamat, Delta 3200@1600, v700, 3200ipi 028.jpg

For the avoidance of doubt, the outdoor shots were in fog, it's not the film producing the low contrast.

Since taking these, I have shot some Tri-X pushed to ISO 1600, and I preferred the look of the pushed Tri-X
 
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Yes, set the meter to 1600 and processed as per the ilford datasheet for 3200. I got 16 nicely exposed frames, not too dense, not too clear.
 
Kei said:
Yes, set the meter to 1600 and processed as per the ilford datasheet for 3200. I got 16 nicely exposed frames, not too dense, not too clear.
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I'm very confused now. Does that mean you have a longer shutter speed as you're shooting at 1600?
 
Setting the meter to 1600 basically means it'll overexpose the film by one stop, which does mean slightly longer exposures.
 
Sir SR said:
I'm very confused now. Does that mean you have a longer shutter speed as you're shooting at 1600?
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A lot of negative film seems to benefit from up to a stop of over-exposure (Ektar being an exception, IIRC). Most of the evidence I've seen has been for colour negative film, which I usually expose at least 1/3 a stop over (so set ISO 400 film at 320, or perhaps 250 depending on my whim at the time... it should be more scientific, I know). I've not seen much specific about this for b&w film, but I usually do the same. In both cases, process as for box speed. You're getting a denser negative, a bit more detail in the shadow areas, and the negative can generally still cope with the highlight detail (better than the scanner in most cases).
 
Delta 3200 isn't iso 3200 film, its true speed is somewhere between 1000 and 1200.
If you follow the instructions for normal dev of 3200 shot @ 3200, its not actually normal dev, its a push.
Don't ask me why they did that, I dunno....:)
 
joxby said:
Delta 3200 isn't iso 3200 film, its true speed is somewhere between 1000 and 1200.
If you follow the instructions for normal dev of 3200 shot @ 3200, its not actually normal dev, its a push.
Don't ask me why they did that, I dunno....:)
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This makes it much clearer. I try to overexpose by a stop in general on film.

So meter for 1000 ISO without trying to overexpose at this level?
 
Well, its got lots of latitude, clearly peeps are getting good negs shooting it between 1000 and 1600 and deving normally.
I haven't shot loads of 3200, but like you I took to the boards and the popular opinion of 10 years ago was 1000.
If you go to say MDC, you'll see there are times there right down to 400 and up to 6400 depending on your developer, so it really is a very flexible film.
If you are looking for something in particular, its something you''ll have to discover through trial and error, I dunno about over exposing a stop for film, I don't think its that easy to generalize, especially with b/w...:)
 
Have been waiting to get home all day to develop this roll. But I've a mountain of jobs to do!! Might do it on my afternoon off!!

Shot all sorts of random stuff.....will wait to see how it comes out. Also tested out a new orange filter for mono portrait work!!

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