Accidentally wound up with Ilford Delta ISO 3200 film. Can I use it, or should I return it?
Accidentally wound up with Ilford Delta ISO 3200 film. Can I use it, or should I return it?
I have recently started getting into film photography and I'm still learning the ropes. After buying a variety of color and black and white films to experiment with, I noticed that I somehow accidentally bought a couple of rolls of very high speed Ilford Delta ISO 3200 film. At this point, all I have is a Kodak Ektar H35N and an Olympus Pen-EES 2 which has a max ISO of 400. Is the Ilford film useless to me, or can it be used at lower speeds in certain conditions?
EDIT: This is tangential, but I was originally going to ask this question on Reddit instead of Lemmy because the conventional wisdom is that Lemmy isn't useful yet for more niche topics, but I thought "why not try Lemmy first anyway," and I'm glad I did. I found the most active film photography community on Lemmyverse.net (which hadn't yet even federated to my small instance) and it paid off. How nice!
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You could just get the meter reading then close down the aperture by around 3 stops.
- ISO 800 is one stop more sensitive than ISO 400
- ISO 1600 is two stops more sensitive than ISO 400
- ISO 3200 is 3 stops more sensitive than ISO 400.
It would be a great film to use if you want to really lean into graininess or play with exposure times. Sebastiao Segado-vibe grain unlocked if you play with push or pull processing too.
Salgado uses tri-x 400 rated at ei 200 for extended tonal range and shadow detail.
Thanks, I'll hold onto it and give it a try once I know what I'm doing a bit better.