Georgian Building (Ilford Delta 3200 pushed to 12,500)

Another good one. Why do you believe it is over-exposed? Do you mean that on the sunny f11 rule( in the U.K.) then its 1/12,500 at f11 which 3 stops later is down to 1/1,575th? This print however tells me that 1/500th is as near as makes no difference the right shutter speed. How did you arrive at 1/500th at f32?

Thanks

I used a light meter app on my iPhone because my Weston can't get near 12,500 but even the iPhone app only goes to 6,400. I can't actually remember exactly because I had some drinks with my lunch that day but I think 1/500s f32 was already a stop overexposed with the light meter set at 6,400 so 2 stops overexposed at 12,500. The negative is rather dense and took twice as long to print as the negatives I thought I had correctly exposed. I was surprised it wasn't a disaster of a print. Perhaps in actual fact the light meter over-read and it wasn't so far off. I only took it to see if it was possible to use the film at 12,500 for both indoor ambient light and sunny outdoor conditions and it was. I am going to dig out the negatives of a roll of Delta 3200 that I exposed in bright sunny conditions but rated at 3200 (another experiment in an OM4-Ti so 35mm). It was disappointed by it, seemed excessively contrasty and of poor definition and it was also developed in DD-X so I am not sure what is going on.

The main reason I wanted to try pushing films like this was that when I last had a darkroom 400 and 3200 Delta had not been introduced. My only experience of pushing films was HP5 in microphen and I didn't like the results. The other reason is it means I can use my old cameras for fun indoor photos without flash.

This building has had an 18th Century Georgian remodelling. It was common to tack a fashionable brick front onto a half-timbered building but the older building behind is betrayed by extensive sags, odd angles and ironwork to try to tie it all together. Not obvious from this side shot but obvious from the front.