I do quite a lot of low-light photography, mostly of church interiors. I have used both Kodak TMax P3200 and Ilford Delta 3200 and find that TMax wins hands-down on account of the fact that it always seems to produce nicely balanced negatives when I follow Kodak's developing times. The same is not true for Delta 3200 - I find Ilford's recommendations hopelessly optimistic.

The attached is an example shot at ISO 6400. This is a scan of a print made at grade 1.5.

I can't give the film five stars; it is so expensive I can only afford to use it on high days and holidays.

Part of an ongoing project on my local RNLI station and its amazing volunteer crew, who operate both a lifeboat and a search and rescue hovercraft.

Gritty, grainy, boosted the contrast up a bit to see what happened.

Probably stick to a slower film next time as a little too grainy maybe.

TMax P3200 is an excellent option for taking pictures on a rainy December day in London. I rated this roll at 1600 and developed it in Bellini Euro HC (which is a clone of Kodak's HC 110). I'm pleased with the results. It has that classic grainy film feel. Of course, the grain might not be for everyone but I find it really satisfying and adds an extra layer of interest to scenes. The first couple of examples were taken on a day out to Bletchley Park - it was grey, raining and I was inside and outside and felt confident that the film would get me useable results despite the darkness. The others are frosty bramble leaf shots finishing up the roll, and again the film suited the subject very well.

Love the grain and contrast. Great for Indoor low light shots. Especially like this film for taking photos of the human form.

I shoot film to get the ‘look’ difficult to achieve with digital without post-process tweaking. This film has flexible exposure latitude, good tonal range and contrast and lovely grain shown in light space highlights. It adds a wonderful grainy dimension to bokeh. Just a shame it’s quite expensive or I would use it all the time.