Peter Alling wrote:
> The T Max should probably be rated closer to 1000. It becomes quite grainy
> at it's rated ISO
True, but after you've seen it at 12500, the grain at 3200 doesn't
look bad at all. I'm quite willing to get 8x10 prints from it
despite the grain. With one caveat: in my experience, this film
does not get along with flash. A frame exposed with a strobe will
show disconcerting and distracting grain; available light shots
at 6400 are "merely grainy".
> and the contrast can become a problem. (I like high contrast images but
> there is a limit).
Hmm. I guess you do sort of have to pick subjects that work well
with the look of the film, so I see your point. I've got a shot
of a firefighter walking past a fire truck, where the extra
contrast is really what makes the photo interesting. It's a stark
sharpness of tone.
It can make musicians pretty dramatic.
> I've read somewhere that it can be pushed to 12800, never tried it though
> since I don't have
> a meter that works accurately at that ISO, (or the EV that implies).
Ah! To shoot it at 12500 (I _think_ Kodak's documentation says
12500 instead of 12800, as if that's much difference) I put it in
a camera with a meter that went to 6400, probably the KX if I
recall correctly, and just set the aperture or the shutter one
stop off from what the meter said to do!
I don't actually know how accurate the KX meter is down in that
range, but it was close enough to give the lab useable negs.
But if I have enough light to shoot it slower, I prefer the look
at 6400 or 3200. By the time I'm willing to go to 12500, it's
nearly too dark out to focus.
"Available gloom" photography.
-- Glenn
