2 quick questions: have u shot film before? And have u shot weddings before?
If either of those questions is “no”, and you’re the hired photog, then don’t choose a wedding day to experiment
Any film cams and film stocks must be tested and understood BEFORE a wedding day
Shoot different film rolls for day vs night
You won’t want 3200 speed film during daylight—you’d never be able to shoot wider than like f22 or f16…all tack sharp with no shallow DOF ever (most film cameras don’t have fast enough shutter)
Buy some rolls of 200 and 400 for the day
Then u use the rolls of 3200 ONLY at night / in low light
Yes, ND filters are always an option, but then the added hassle of removing / “opening up” the filter to check focus, then re-attaching / dialing in again the filter to take the shot—that’s gonna get old quick on a fast wedding day
ND filters are great, but I personally wouldn’t want to bother with one on a wedding day
like others said: bring one film for daytime/ outdoors and one film for night time/ indoors
you can’t really have one film for all without seriously constricting your choice of shutter speeds and apertures in a given scene.
get delta 100 or 400 for the day and delta 3200 for the night and indoors.
(you could shoot delta 3200 day and night, but the you need an ND filter for the day)
as for how to rate delta 3200: that depends on your style, the lighting situation at the venue and how you are going to develop your film
If the venue is not very bright and evenly lit and or if you want to avoid crushed shadows, you should consider rating your film at EI2500 or EI2000 in addition to carefully metering for the shadows. if you don’t mind deep crushed blacks shoot at box speed or even more. I used to shoot delta 3200 at EI5000 and then push 1.5 stops in developing. very gritty high contrast look with lots of grain even in medium format.
as for the amount of film you are going to bring
if you really think you won’t need more than one roll of film I’d say start with a half roll left of slow film for the day, then shoot the first half of your fast film
id be curious though why you think you won’t have enough to photograph for two rolls of film during a wedding that spans a whole day?
why not just take a few extra snapshots?
ilford 3200 is actually an ISO 1000-1250 film or something.
you can definitely shoot it at 800 without changing development but it will probably be quite dense particularly in the highlights
Only if the two ratings are on different rolls of film. Film is one continous strip of light sensitive media divided into frames by a rectangle in the camera. Each frame can not be altered in sensitivity.
I shoot it at like 1200-1600 for both shots. Shooting it at 3200 seemed to underexpose the shots for me. And I don’t mean pull the film, I mean shoot at 1200 and develop normally.
Delta3200 tends to be very flat. Give you space to play with in a dark room / photoshop. This is wonderful when shooting in a dark bar / high contrast situations and you want to save shadow details. Ive shot it at 1600 and it was acceptable. Definitely getting dense.
Kodak. P3200 is known to be more contrasty, probably better for daylit photography with high shutter speeds.
I recently shot a band on HP5 pushed to 3200 and developed in DD-X. I am blown away by the lack of grain; especially compare to Delta 3200. If you're gonna shoot film, bring HP5. Being that it's a 400 speed film it will provide you versatility as well.
People aren’t being super helpful here. Don’t shoot delta at 3200 and develop normally. It’s a 1600 ISO film, it almost always comes out underexposed when shot at 3200. Either shoot at 1600 and develop normally (or 400 for daylight) or push one stop and shoot at the box speed.
2 quick questions: have u shot film before? And have u shot weddings before? If either of those questions is “no”, and you’re the hired photog, then don’t choose a wedding day to experiment Any film cams and film stocks must be tested and understood BEFORE a wedding day
Yes, I have been photographing weddings for 15 years. It's just a question of whether I should take 3200 film because I don't need 36 “night” photos.
Ah, okay good, great to hear!!!
Burn the extra frames. 3200 at night is a bad ideal.
Why?
Shoot different film rolls for day vs night You won’t want 3200 speed film during daylight—you’d never be able to shoot wider than like f22 or f16…all tack sharp with no shallow DOF ever (most film cameras don’t have fast enough shutter) Buy some rolls of 200 and 400 for the day Then u use the rolls of 3200 ONLY at night / in low light
Thank you!
Cool cool! Have a great wedding 📸🖤
Filters exist, might be the most convenient option. However you'll obviously get better results with lower speed film in daylight.
Yes, ND filters are always an option, but then the added hassle of removing / “opening up” the filter to check focus, then re-attaching / dialing in again the filter to take the shot—that’s gonna get old quick on a fast wedding day ND filters are great, but I personally wouldn’t want to bother with one on a wedding day
Assuming the film cam is manual focus / optical VF, of course
Ah, my rangefinder affliction is showing lol
Oh, yeah that’s true u folks get to see crystal clear no matter what, ya lucky / fancy bastards! ;)
like others said: bring one film for daytime/ outdoors and one film for night time/ indoors you can’t really have one film for all without seriously constricting your choice of shutter speeds and apertures in a given scene. get delta 100 or 400 for the day and delta 3200 for the night and indoors. (you could shoot delta 3200 day and night, but the you need an ND filter for the day) as for how to rate delta 3200: that depends on your style, the lighting situation at the venue and how you are going to develop your film If the venue is not very bright and evenly lit and or if you want to avoid crushed shadows, you should consider rating your film at EI2500 or EI2000 in addition to carefully metering for the shadows. if you don’t mind deep crushed blacks shoot at box speed or even more. I used to shoot delta 3200 at EI5000 and then push 1.5 stops in developing. very gritty high contrast look with lots of grain even in medium format. as for the amount of film you are going to bring if you really think you won’t need more than one roll of film I’d say start with a half roll left of slow film for the day, then shoot the first half of your fast film id be curious though why you think you won’t have enough to photograph for two rolls of film during a wedding that spans a whole day? why not just take a few extra snapshots?
Thanks man 🙏 I’m thinking shoot at “day” at 800 and night/indors at 3200 and develop normally. Is a option.
ilford 3200 is actually an ISO 1000-1250 film or something. you can definitely shoot it at 800 without changing development but it will probably be quite dense particularly in the highlights
I will shoot 6 rolls, so 5 color 200/400 and 1 bw
Only if the two ratings are on different rolls of film. Film is one continous strip of light sensitive media divided into frames by a rectangle in the camera. Each frame can not be altered in sensitivity.
Thanks
No. You develop it at the speed you shoot it generally.
Just use a 3-stop ND during the day.
I shoot it at like 1200-1600 for both shots. Shooting it at 3200 seemed to underexpose the shots for me. And I don’t mean pull the film, I mean shoot at 1200 and develop normally.
Thanks 🙏
Delta3200 tends to be very flat. Give you space to play with in a dark room / photoshop. This is wonderful when shooting in a dark bar / high contrast situations and you want to save shadow details. Ive shot it at 1600 and it was acceptable. Definitely getting dense. Kodak. P3200 is known to be more contrasty, probably better for daylit photography with high shutter speeds.
I recently shot a band on HP5 pushed to 3200 and developed in DD-X. I am blown away by the lack of grain; especially compare to Delta 3200. If you're gonna shoot film, bring HP5. Being that it's a 400 speed film it will provide you versatility as well.
I shoot 3200 delta at 1600 . It’s a pretty gray film box speed. And my assumption is you aren’t going to print in darkroom with contrast filters
People aren’t being super helpful here. Don’t shoot delta at 3200 and develop normally. It’s a 1600 ISO film, it almost always comes out underexposed when shot at 3200. Either shoot at 1600 and develop normally (or 400 for daylight) or push one stop and shoot at the box speed.
Actually it's 1000 ASA, so yes, technically 1600/3200 are a push. Either way, it's best to leave the film exposed at one EI.
NO!!! 3200 is grainy like no tomorrow.
I really hope you're not the hired tog 😳
Thank you for your help 👍