It all depends on the developer. I don't know which dev they used, but I'm fairly certain it wasn't ment for this film. I've shot loads of this film and developed in Ilfotec HC getting much smoother grain.
I've used it once before at a show with a point and shoot. I really liked it! You kind of grow to love the grain. I would personally use this film at a show/party/event.
What a cool spot to shoot! You guys came away with some neat shots. I love behind the scenes stuff. I read an article a few months ago (I can't recall the photographer) who documented the hand-making of old Japanese fishing boats. I was pretty rad to get a look at exactly what went in to the forming the wood, and throughout the construction.
I like the montage of the images, documentary style. It should not be about the film, look at the craftsmanship! Although I think for this this subject, the grain of the images go well with the dust produced by the sanding. Cool video. Hats off to the gentleman making the board. 👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻🙏🏻
I've used the Delta 3200 once, like you said it is not for everything but the trainy finish gives an edgy finish that look nice in some situation. I used it to take photo at a local wrestling which gaves the look I was looking for
Beautiful shots, I think the grainy stock adds to the vibe of the photos. The Delta coupled perfectly with the constant dust and fibreglass spewing everywhere. Great video!
I think I'm going to have to pick up some Delta 3200 now. I like that high ISO b&w film makes it easy to blow highlights out, makes for some really cool looking shots. Man I wish there was a place near me that I could go to pick up film in person. But I guess that's the age we live in.
Ya, you'd probably get a better deal online anyhow. Film Photography Project has great prices on film. Not sure if they carry Delta though, but worth checking out
I love the grain that Delta 3200 gives, it adds that little extra something to these shots. grain like this is not something you want in all your pics, sometimes you want a nice low grain film for more clarity and other times you want a film like this to add to the atmosphere of the shot, and worked well in this case. :-)
I have a roll of Delta 3200 120 in my fridge waiting for a moody rainy day, unfortunately i live in Australia and i think it will be expired before i get one, cool video fella's the shots look pretty awesome i reckon. They will look great printed in the darkroom.
Only a few videos deep on the channel but you’ve already covered a stack of stuff iv been wanting to try... this film is one of them. Love the grain for these shots. I’m going to be using a roll during a hardcore show so fingers crossed
Woah, this was a good insight into how a surfboard is made! The editing is getting better and better with each video guys. And I love the grains Delta 3200 produces. Been planning to get a couple of rolls and shoot some gigs. But they are so hard to come by here in India. Just out out of curiosity, shouldn't you all be wearing a face mask or something while shaving the board?
Ya we probably should have been. But the room has surprisingly good ventilation. The intakes are down by the floor, so the dust gets sucked down pretty quick. But with 3 people walking around in there, we kicked up a little extra dust than normal
IMO, Delta 3200 lends itself better to more available light, as it works well with contrast. But without you can end up with flatter images and because of the grain it kinda makes it muddy. I really like a lot of the photos though. Especially the ones taken from the front of the surfboard
I agree with you, Joey, that Ilford Delta 3200 and HP5 Plus 400 pushed to 3200 are worlds apart. I've used both, and I prefer HP5 with a push when I need to keep details in low light. HP5 Plus is also cheaper per-roll that Delta 3200. If you can manage it, maybe have a three-way comparison between HP5, Delta 3200, and TMax P3200?
I like the 3200 because it's important to have options, if everything was smooth and non grainy then it would all look the same so I did good choice but I think 9 bucks for a roll of 12 frames or whatever is too much to ask. But then again I'm on a budget LOL. What do you think?
Digging the video, usually I'll pull it a stop to lessen the appearance of the grain. Which is kinda weird because I'll shoot Tmax p3200 at the "box speed" and not mind the grain. Maybe it's the difference in the structure
Would you have been able to capture those images without 3200 speed film? If not, I don't think it matters whether one "likes" the grain or not. I think some of the images came out very nice. Particularly I like some of the closer ones mid-sanding where they really seem to capture the work taking place.
Great shots and video. My favorites were definately the close ups since I thought that showed a real relationship between a creator and creation. Tbh I was mostly imagining how cramped it must have been in there. Also wondered why he wasnt wearing a mask with all that gunk in the air.
Thanks for watching! I love photographing a Craftsman practicing his/her trade. And as for the mask, not really sure. We didn't wear them either. It wasn't all that bad. Probably should have at least worn eye protection. I did get some dust in my eye that day
Sorry, I know they're quick. But we both shot a full rolls of film, so there was a ton of photos I wanted to include in the video. as well as the 100%crop view of the photos. There is link to the full gallery of photos in the description for your viewing pleasure :)
I preferred the wide angle shots - the grain was getting to be a little much in the cropped views. With the wide-angle shots, the grain was tolerable from an "artistic" perspective. In the the closer-cropped shots, it became a mish-mash - there wasn't enough "contextual information" in the shot to allow the brain to do its own "filtration and correction" on the grain - After a while - my head is thinking, "Is that foam-core dust from sanding or image grain??" There was not a great deal of contrast, either (everything was dumped in the grey-scale), but that's the nature of the 3200 beast, I would suppose. Really cool shots, though. Good video. The shots were really like Craig Stecyk's - which is a good thing.
Ok so it's film grain (which is good) rather than digital noise (which is bad), but the end result is the same - quite the distracting hot mess! I paraphrase someone smarter than me, "Just because you Can, doesn't mean you Should" - I'd shoot digital here. Heck I keep a 3 year old phone that can do more justice illustrating this man's craft (no seriously, it has a rgbw sensor, still kicks butt at 3200 nowadays).