Sam: Ilford Delta 3200 at EI 12500 6 X 4.5

Great shadow detail for 12,500 and given that grain, as I understand it, always shows up more in a scan than on an actual print then a print might be almost grain free. You might have got away with f 5,6 and 1/25th which would have given more DoF( fingers and pint look a little out of focus). I found that with D3200 and DDX I needed more time that Ilford stated.

Yes I would have liked more DoF but I didn't think I could hold the camera steady at 1/25s. It would have been worth a try. The other option is to have another go pushing another stop to 25,000 which might give the option of a smaller aperture for similar photos. I do like the idea of having that camera in my pocket and it is small enough for that. The other problem was that the beer started taking effect and the photos got worse and worse including repeatedly forgetting whether I had wound the film on! There were quite a few blank frames and double exposures. This camera has 2 red windows for using the same number twice which gets even more confusing. I used a iPhone app as a light meter. Seemed pretty accurate.

I think that the Zeiss Ikon is a folding bellows camera like the Agfa Isolette which I have and most of my shots have been successful at 1/25th. Give it a try. I think you will find that you can handhold successfully at 1/25th but it is true that beer can send successful, holdable speeds up into the hundredths

Yes it is a folding bellows camera with a coupled rangefinder. http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Super_Ikonta_530
Indeed, beer does have an alarming effect. What was very odd was that the first few shots on the roll were reasonable and so was the last but in-between things did not go well.....

Cheers Svendedin on the capture and congrats on the 12500, well rendered! Your Ikonta never fails you i keep wishful shopping and remain in a state of decision paralysis with all the criteria and factors for a one and only time foray into 120 (not quite true i have a rolleicord i am disappointed in. @pentaxuser, that may be true for you guys, but then you guys drink real Pints, not our US eau du toilette or Oz Fosters crap... It seems the nap of the jacket is fairly sharp, and the watch band, but the face a bit soft and maybe the arm was moving just a but upward - a natural human response to pint in hand. Well i love your photography and your beer and your landscapes and the history, oh the history. No doubt there is a fair bit of history in Dog and Bull like pretty much everything in Croydon. Man, those walls could talk!

@michaelorr This isn't the same S-I. This is a pre-war, much smaller camera that is 6 X 4.5 rather than 6 X 6. I have 6 Zeiss folders but only 3 are Supers (with coupled rangefinders). My S-I 530 is about 1937 and I have an S-I 531 (which has double exposure prevention and coated lenses) from 1947. The S-I IV is the best of all (in my opinion) but it is not easy to find one in good condition especially with a working light meter so I was very lucky with mine.

Yes real pints. I have travelled a lot in the USA over the years. For a start the US pint is smaller than the Imperial pint (473 ml vs 568ml.....there are 20 fluid ounces in an Imperial pint not 16) and that is before even drinking the beer.........Actually I am being facetious. There are some very decent US beers, especially the craft beer.

Apparently the Dog and Bull was built in 1431 but some parts may be older. It had a major remodelling in the 1700's.

Quite impressive, Svenedin. It makes more sense w/ alot of experience w/ the Ikontas, that you'd be posting gorgeous shots. Mine's a humble, early version and I sure know what you mean about focusing one in dim light. 'Doesn't work well for geezerly eyes. You show us how its done.