Alex #1 (Delta 3,200 pushed to 12,500)
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Alex #1 (Delta 3,200 pushed to 12,500)

8"x10" print. Photo taken indoors without flash. Took the camera out to lunch and then to the pub as an experiment in pushing film to high speeds. Hard to focus a vintage rangefinder in poor light. Used an iPhone app as a light meter as my Weston can't do speeds this fast.
Location
Croydon, Surrey, UK
Equipment Used
Zeiss Ikon Super Ikonta 530 (about 80 years old now) 6x4.5
Exposure
probably 1/125s at about f8
Film & Developer
Ilford Delta 3200 pushed to 12,500 in Ilfotech DD-X
Paper & Developer
Ilford Multigrade RC Pearl; Ilford multigrade dev, printed grade 2.
Lens Filter
None
You aren't kidding about the old RFs in low light. 'Hard enough in good light.
12.5k? 'Didn't know it was possible. 'Grain isn't bad for that kind of push.
 
@HiHoSilver . Absolutely. They are tricky especially with faded patches in such old equipment. Yes 12,500 is very possible and a further stop to 25,000 might work too but I haven't tried. Grain is very obvious with a fine focus finder, in fact it is hard to find a gap in the image that isn't grain but somehow I still like the image.

I was watching a doucumentary about Jutland, the enormous WW1 naval battle. The presenter was trying to focus a WW1 British rangefinder on a ship 4,000 yards away. Even with static ships in calm conditions he was 200 yards out. At Jutland it was rough with poor visibility at over 20,000 yards. It is a wonder either side hit anything at all.
 

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