ilford 3200

[g812]

I have recently got my first Kiev 4, and am currently running an old colour film through it, to see if it is all good...
All going well, I'd like to use it mainly for B&W...
The Ilford 3200 looks pretty good, however, I'd like to do my home work before hand 🙂
As I understand it, the 3200 is actually nearer 1600, and will also be adding a red filter to it, which should drop it down another 2? stops to... 400?
Should I meter for 400?
Just curious as to the maths/working out of things, also, at the present, I'll have to send it to lab for processing (yes I know about home dev kits and all that... got to prove to the wife, this ain't no new fangled faze thing first 😀 ).
How should I inform the lab to process the film?
Thanks for your thoughts.
G.

 

[Huss]

Yes, with red filter it would be metered at 400. Don't tell the lab anything as you already have exposed it one stop over so you have taken that into account.

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

It's more like a 1000 that pushes well to 3200. But at 3200 it takes very nice photos.

Assuming you rate it at 1600. A red filter takes away 3 stops of light, so to get the same light as without a filter you would have to meter at 200, but you would develop it as 1600.

So you would tell the lab you've shot it at 1600 (or pulled it one stop).

 

[g812]

Great, thanks 🙂
just wanted to be sure I had my theories right 🙂

 

[Dan Daniel]

As an aside, what inspires the combination of Delta 3200 and a red filter?

 

[g812]

I like the look, the red gives, but also understand that this reduces the amount of light getting to the film, which means longer shutter speeds...
so, with faster film i can compensate for the red filter 😀