Ilford Delta 3200: What I Learned From 36 Exposures

In this video, I share my thoughts on Ilford Delta 3200: the world's fastest black and white film. I didn't get the best results from this 35mm film stock, and many of the photos turned out fairly sub-par, but I am overcoming my pride to share them with you anyways.

Overall, I think the combination of black and white + very low light makes it difficult to parse what is in each photograph. On top of that, the graininess of this film obscures a fair bit of the detail that is otherwise available. It seems like photos taken on this film would have to have great contrast between areas of light and dark, and relatively simple subject matter with very little distraction happening in the frame. Otherwise, the film grain and lack of contrast between tones of shadows seem to muddy the resulting images quite a bit.

I go over some examples from the roll I shot that highlight these issues, and also share my findings on what works and what doesn't. As a bonus, there's a fun lesson about the chemistry of film photography in this video as well.

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Coffee Break by Pyrosion   / pyrosion  
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