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Accidentally wound up with Ilford Delta ISO 3200 film. Can I use it, or should I return it? (lem.monster)

submitted 1 day ago by bilb@lem.monster to c/analog@lemmy.world

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I have recently started getting into film photography and I'm still learning the ropes. After buying a variety of color and black and white films to experiment with, I noticed that I somehow accidentally bought a couple of rolls of very high speed Ilford Delta ISO 3200 film. At this point, all I have is a Kodak Ektar H35N and an Olympus Pen-EES 2 which has a max ISO of 400. Is the Ilford film useless to me, or can it be used at lower speeds in certain conditions?

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[–] CommissarVulpin@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You could experiment with astrophotography, maybe try and catch some star trails with it.

[–] bilb@lem.monster 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

That's something I hadn't considered. I'll look into it. My naive expectation is that I would need better optics.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 6 hours ago

Beware long exposure times. Rated ISO will drop (sometimes drastically) for exposures longer than 1 s.