Help developing P3200 film

[pasteofanchovie]

I was shooting a concert Friday night and I was using Kodak T-Max P3200 film on ISO 1600 with -2 exposure compensation. I will be using D-76 developer and I was wondering what a good time and temperature would be to develop this at. Thanks in advance!

 

[Helen B]

If you had the meter set to 1600, with 2 stops of underexposure, then that would be an effective rating of EI 6400.

I like P3200 with neat D-76 (it's good and gritty) but usually expose at EI 3200. As Kodak say in their literature, P3200 is an ISO 1000 film, or thereabouts - hence the 'P' in the designation, and the use of 'EI' rather than 'ISO' for the box speed of 3200.

I'd stick with neat D-76, and try the times suggested in the T-Max datasheet on the P3200 page such as 11½ minutes at 24 °C (75 °F). Kodak do very extensive and careful testing of film/developer combinations, and their recommendations are usually good starting points. You could also look at the Massive Dev Chart (http://www.digitaltruth.com/devchart.html). That isn't as reliable as Kodak data, but it can be a good starting point.

Good luck,
Helen

 

[pasteofanchovie]

thanks for the help. The film is washing right now. I hope there is something usable!

 

[randerson07]

Well.....How did it turn out?

 

[pasteofanchovie]

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The first two are shot at EI 6400. The band is brokenCYDE! at FUBAR in St. Louis. The last shot is of Building Rome at Cicero's for the play:STL Fest '08. It was shot at EI3200.