Tales on Film

2 days ago Ilford photo announced a new package they will be offering starting from the end of october.

At the Focus on imaging fair earlier this year, Ilford showed a prototype of a new pinhole camera. By the end of october this camera will be available from your local ilford dealer. The package will consist of a pinhole camera with 72mm wide angle lens with plastic cone, 10 sheets of positive paper, 10 sheet of ilford delta 100 negative film and a pinhole exposure calculator based on a design by Richard Koolish. The camera features a 4×5 large format design, everything is provided except for the 4×5 film holder. The whole package will be sold for £ 150 including VAT.

I would like to test the package and write a review, so if anybody of ilford is reading this, please send me a review copy. On top of that I find it very reassuring that Ilford is releasing a new pinhole camera as a package, that means there is still some hope for us film shooters.

As you guys seem to enjoy these film guides, here is another one. I already spoke about one of the most common black and white films, the Ilford delta 3200. Today I’ll review the slower brother of this film, the ilford delta 100.

The ilford delta 100 is as all 100 iso films a rather slow film, suitable for pretty well lit situations like daylight or studio lights. It’s a black and white film, with as you can see in the photo on top of this page, a wide range of shades of gray.

Although you have a wide ranges of gray-tones, the photos can still come out pretty contrasty in a situation a bit darker. You can see in all photos that the noise is very small, almost none existent.

As you can see, the film also handles overexposure very well. This is a long exposure for about 10 seconds and the highlights in this photo has still some detail.

Overall I think this film is a widespread easy to find film. But as with most products for the mass, I’m not particularly fond of the film. For me it’s nothing special. I do more like very contrasty and deep blacks in a film. Sadly enough I only get kinda mediocre results with this film, so it’s not my favorite film, but as it is very easy to find in almost any photography store, a lot of people use this film.

I noticed in the search results of this site, that there is a huge interest in the different film types you can find. I’m only reviewing the film I have used till now and keep in mind that these are my personal opinions.

It’s not every day that a designer develops a concept for packaging of films. But Linna Xu did so for the adobe design awards of 2010.

Because he finds it a pity that aren’t much companies producing 120 film anymore, that should be a way for people without a medium format camera to experience the joy of 120 film. That’s way he designed a very clever packaging for a pack of 3 120 films that can be transformed into a pinhole camera, complete with a bolt for take-up spool. If it ever takes of there will be instructions include with the packaging on how to use and make the camera.

The design represents an early TLR camera, and has a take-up spool, slide as shutter, easy opening of the back.

Today I’m giving my opinion on Ilford Delta 3200, a black and white film at ISO 3200. A film rated at 3200 iso means you can use it in a very dark place, but off course there are trade offs. But since you don’t have a lot of options, it’s worth trying it out

The first thing you notice about the Ilford Delta 3200 is that it has a very small grain for such a high ISO film. I would even dare to compare the grain to an older ISO 400 film. That’s pretty awesome.

Because Ilford Delta 3200 is really a iso 1000 film, that you are actually pushing in development. That means you are going to loose detail in the shadow parts of the photo, especially in a dark environment. This is showing pretty good in the photo above.

The biggest advantage of this film is that you can almost shoot in any situation, inside, outside, at a concert, you name it, you can shoot it.

The biggest drawback of this film is that it doesn’t handle overexposure or backlighting very well. You tend to get a really washed out look, which I personally do not like.

Overall it’s a high iso film, personally I like it better than Kodak T-max 3200. But that doesn’t mean it’s a pretty high contrast film in dark situations, which is not always what you want. I prefer it better when shooting it in natural light with high shutterspeeds.

I noticed in the search results of this site, that there is a huge interest in the different film types you can find. I’m only reviewing the film I have used till now and keep in mind that these are my personal opinions

Taken By fuckvulgarshit! with a Mamiya 7II on Ilford hp5 plus