3200 ISO film/1600 ISO camera

[kidcruisin]

Hey all,

I've recently started shooting film again. I've got an old Nikon Nikkormat from the 70's that was my parents, it's the camera I used to use in high school.

Anyway, I just purchased a roll of Ilford 3200 b/W, not realizing my camera only goes up to 1600. How should I go about shooting it? I'm assuming underexposing would be the way to go?

 

[Keith]

Just under expose by a stop and you'll be fine. 🙂

Actually from memory a lot of people expose this film at 1600 and pull the developing back a little.

 

[Mcary]

Just under expose by a stop and you'll be fine. 🙂

Actually from memory a lot of people expose this film at 1600 and pull the developing back a little.

+1
The Delta 3200 fact sheet gives development times for ISO 400 all the way up to 12500.

For the best results you'll want to process it yourself in DD-X or Microphen.

 

[ruby.monkey]

It's a metered manual camera anyway, so you're not too much at the mercy of the meter.

 

[ray*j*gun]

Nikkormats are the best ..... hope you use it for years to come.

 

[kidcruisin]

Thanks for the tips!

I'm not at the point where I'll be developing it myself, I'll definitely be taking it to a camera store near where I live.

It's a pretty sweet camera, I do like using it 🙂