Weston WX-7 camera + Ilford Delta 3200 B&W film: will anything come out?!

[PilafDM]

Hi, folks!
Taking my first photography class this summer. Your patience, please!

I recently came into this camera:
http://www.cameramanuals.org/pdf_files/weston_wx-7.pdf

... and this film:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...ls_o00_s00_i00

I'd like to use them together.

However, the WX-7 doesn't seem to have very sophisticated controls over things:

• Aperture: 6.3, 8, 11, 16.
• Shutter speed ring: 60 on one side and 125 on the other, with really imprecise control in-between...

So, I don't know how to best set it for high-speed film like the Delta 3200. Will I be wasting the roll of film no matter how I set it?
Or, is there I chance I can:

1. Set the limited settings on the WX-7 in such a way as to get _something_ out of it, even if something "weird," or
2. Limit my time of day/surroundings/subject material for best results?

Thank you, all!

Cheers,
Phil

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[gsgary]

You can shoot it at iso 800, see if you can borrow a light meter and away you go, it will not be a waste of film
Ultimate Exposure Computer

[PilafDM]

Good to know!
Thank you!

Anyone have any idiot-proof dial-a-setting suggestions? (i.e. "Dude, just leave aperture ring at '8' and shutter speed ring at '125' and you should be safe?"

[enzodm]

Good to know!
Thank you!

Anyone have any idiot-proof dial-a-setting suggestions? (i.e. "Dude, just leave aperture ring at '8' and shutter speed ring at '125' and you should be safe?"

play with sunny-16 rule and derivates. However, the camera is not really up to the film .

[PilafDM]

play with sunny-16 rule and derivates. However, the camera is not really up to the film .

Oh, yeah, the mismatch is funny to me. I've no hopes of doing anything pro or garnering client work, so frankly I'm hoping for results that're just a little odd.
I used the Ultimate Exposure Computer and came up with the results posted below. Since I can only use between 1/60 and 1/125 exposure, it sounds like I'll onloy be working at night with this, huh?
Anyone confirm?

FILM SPEED (ISO/ASA NUMBER)	ENVIRONMENT DESCRIPTION	APERTURE: F-STOP
ISO 3200		f/5.6	f/8	f/11	f/16
6	Brightly lit home interiors at night. Fairs, amusement parks.	1/60 sec	1/30 sec	1/15 sec	1/8 sec
7	Bottom of rainforest canopy. Brightly lighted nighttime streets. Indoor sports. Stage shows, circuses.	1/125 sec	1/60 sec	1/30 sec	1/15 sec
8	Las Vegas or Times Square at night. Store windows. Campfires, bonfires, burning buildings. Ice shows, football, baseball etc. at night. Interiors with bright florescent lights.	1/250 sec	1/125 sec	1/60 sec	1/30 sec
9	Landscapes, city skylines 10 minutes after sunset. Neon lights, spotlighted subjects.	1/500 sec	1/250 sec	1/125 sec	1/60 sec
10	Landscapes and skylines immediately after sunset. Crescent moon (long lens).	1/1000 sec	1/500 sec	1/250 sec	1/125 sec

[gsgary]

Shoot it at iso800 2 stops lower but make sure you tell the lab, write on the film roll with a marker pen

[PilafDM]

OK, that's another idea. The camera only has 6.3, 8, 11, 16 as available stops, though.

Using the Ultimate Exposure Calculator it looks like, if I shot at iso800, given the limited f-stop and shutter speeds of the camera... the advantage is just that I could shoot in slightly brighter conditions? (i.e., deep shade, dark overcast outdoors...?)

Is there anything wrong with just shooting it and developing it at the written speed?

[gsgary]

This is Delta 3200 pushed to iso6400 not great though

[gsgary]

OK, that's another idea. The camera only has 6.3, 8, 11, 16 as available stops, though.

Using the Ultimate Exposure Calculator it looks like, if I shot at iso800, given the limited f-stop and shutter speeds of the camera... the advantage is just that I could shoot in slightly brighter conditions? (i.e., deep shade, dark overcast outdoors...?)

Is there anything wrong with just shooting it and developing it at the written speed?

No

[PilafDM]

Great shots! I like the creepy look of it.
Maybe I should save it for a bar crawl?

[m6mann]

You can shoot the film at 3200 and use a Nuetral Density (ND) filter. That can cut your exposure without changing ISO of the film.

[morganza]

OK, that's another idea. The camera only has 6.3, 8, 11, 16 as available stops, though.

Using the Ultimate Exposure Calculator it looks like, if I shot at iso800, given the limited f-stop and shutter speeds of the camera... the advantage is just that I could shoot in slightly brighter conditions? (i.e., deep shade, dark overcast outdoors...?)

Is there anything wrong with just shooting it and developing it at the written speed?

I don't think so.

[PilafDM]

You can shoot the film at 3200 and use a Nuetral Density (ND) filter. That can cut your exposure without changing ISO of the film.

Cool. Since my Weston WX-7 is kind of an oddball cheapie camera, what's the best way for me to know which filters--if any--will fit on the lens? Just take it to a camera sho pand try some on? (Or can you even do that?)

Thanks for your patience with a beginner who never likes to do things the "normal way."