And Kodak P3200 is now back

There is also a certain look from 20 year old TMZ, with white spots over all the dark areas.

 

Best to not go past 3200, though, with old TMZ.

I might have to try the new film at ISO 800. I don't like to push film.

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I might have to try the new film at ISO 800. I don't like to push film.

gclub

 

I suppose so.

 

But the whole idea, as well as I know, is that the ISO system doesn't accurately describe what the film does.

 

I am not sure about TMZ, but some Ilford films have a curviness in their characteristic curve, that is the part that is normally straight isn't, which makes it different from the way ISO works.

 

But also film speed tries to cover shadow detail, mid range, and highlights all with one number.

 

Light meters also try to do that, but not in the same way.

 

Exposing TMZ at EI 3200, the speed that it was designed for, though not that ISO gives it,

doesn't seem to me to be pushing. Using it at 6400, 12500, or 25000 does, though.

I suppose so.

 

But the whole idea, as well as I know, is that the ISO system doesn't accurately describe what the film does.

 

I am not sure about TMZ, but some Ilford films have a curviness in their characteristic curve, that is the part that is normally straight isn't, which makes it different from the way ISO works.

 

But also film speed tries to cover shadow detail, mid range, and highlights all with one number.

 

Light meters also try to do that, but not in the same way.

 

Exposing TMZ at EI 3200, the speed that it was designed for, though not that ISO gives it,

doesn't seem to me to be pushing. Using it at 6400, 12500, or 25000 does, though.

 

Agreed on this.

 

I've not played MUCH with Delta 3200 or TMZ P3200 at their ISO speed, but from the small amount of experimenting I've done they're quite flat and boring(IMO).

 

These films really do shine at EI 3200-even though they are fairly contrasty at that speed, they do handle it well for the most part and IMO it's about the most "natural" speed at which they can be exposed.

 

Of course, I should qualify that I pretty much exclusively use TMAX developer on these films(my only real use for that particular developer) and I've found TMZ in particularly to be somewhat better behaved in it than in D76 or HC110.

I bought some TMax developer when I bought my (one) roll of TMZ.

 

From the data sheet, the higher speeds need it, and I think it is supposed

to be better at more normal speeds.

 

Between that and a bottle of HC-110, I should have enough to last a long time.

I tested Delta 3200 in 35mm and found that it was EI 800 daylight and EI 400 under artificial light - HC110B @ 68° for 9 minutes per Ilford's spec sheet. Now I need to see what this Kodak 3200 is like.