Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My experience with this film is that it should be rated at 1200 or 1600 and developed according to the times given for 3200 in the instructions. The 3200 speed rating is definitely optimistic. I read somewhere that its true speed (as measured according to the ISO standard) is around 1000, as is the case for Kodak's TMZ. Nathan Rich Lahrson wrote: > Well, it depends. I've got a roll of Delta 3200 and I was wondering > the same. No matter how long you develop the film, the shadow areas > do not increase much in density. On the box, Delta 3200 gives different > development times, increasing for 400, 800, 1600 and 3200. Personally, > a think a rating of 3200 is going to crush the shadows. If the film is > being rated at 3200, it's more than likely that the lighting will be > very contrasty, that is, stage lighting, street and window lighting at > night, where the shadow areas are too low a value to record at any speed, > so the high rating is workable. - -- Nathan Wajsman Overijse, Belgium and Zurich, Switzerland e-mail: wajsman@webshuttle.ch General photo page: http://members.tripod.com/belgiangator Belgium photo page: http://members.xoom.com/wajsman