This one is a little bit strange one, even when developed with a DDX developer, following instructions, doesn't really deliver real 3200 speed, it always felt overrated. Will give it another try at some point soon.

These shots were taken using a Holga 120N on normal mode. The illuminated butterflies were animated: their wings were flapping slowly.

As someone recently returned to medium format film photography, I needed and wanted to experiment in the same way in which I did, 50 years ago.
I bought the roll of Ilford Delta 3200 in a batch of different films with no specific tasks in mind. On a cold winter hazy sunny morning I loaded the film knowing I’d push the camera to its physical limits of 1/500 at f/22. I thought it’d be over exposure but I wanted hand-held because a tripod was out of the question. Almost snapshot mode. I knew I’d probably get grain. I knew I’d get contrast. But I knew what I’d be photographing and I wanted moody atmosphere. And I dreaded the possible outcome of having pushed beyond the limits and having to bin the results. I think 9 usable shots out of 15 isn’t a bad score with 3 more shots in which it was the composition which failed rather than the exposure. OK I spent a couple of hours using Lightroom to achieve the best possible “look” but I would have spent more hours in the darkroom and wasted more physical resources.
Is the film designed for use in sunlight? Probably not. Did it “deliver”? Most certainly. Did I achieve a satisfactory result? Most definitely, the grain and contrast gave the atmospheric effects for which I strived. There was detail in the sky and the blacks were not blocked out. The contrast was high but not “soot and whitewash”. There was excellent rendition and detail. The grain was not intensive. Will I be buying another roll for other experimentation? Definitely.

I grabbed a roll of this to have a play in low light, but also to see how it performed in general, dull daylight. Run through a Yashica 635, it didn't completely blow me away, but learnt a lot about how this film performs.

In low light you get a nice gritty feel - there's a lot of contrast if there are manmade lighting sources, which would be fun to explore; but I actually think this is a really interesting film to mess about with in daylight, allowing you to use a fast shutter, or smaller aperture.

The grain I was expecting to be massively prominent is more just a 'feel' in the medium format, which makes this a much more useable film than I suspect is the case in 35mm.

I think I'll have another go with this, and I might pull it to 1600, seeing if I can get more balance to the light and dark at night.

But all in all definitely worth having some fun with!

Developed in ID-11 1+3.

So happy with the exposure on the photos taken on a Holga 120N with this high exposure film on a cloudy day, and even in the pouring rain. The heavy vignetting suggests I could even have tried a smaller aperture setting.

Allows you to use your medium format camera in any light! Beautiful tones. Completely different to the grainy 35mm version. Absolutely superb.

First time using this film and what a delight! Very versatile and forgiving. Easy to point and shoot without altering settings much at all. A little flat on depth and detail but gains points in its versitility

Since the ISO rating is so high, you can get some very nice night shots by shooting this at 3200. Would definitely recommend if you're new to shooting in low light.

I usually shoot this film at ISO 1000 or 1600 and develop as normal/slight pull. Tones are lovely and smooth even at 3200, and grain is fairly fine considering the high ISO. I love this film, but for the price, I'd generally rather push some HP5, which IMO brings very similar results.

Looking at the negatives, metered at 3200 this film does appear to come out a bit thin and underexposed, as such I'd either recommend pushing it to 6400 and shooting at box speed for some extra density in the negative to work with or shoot at 1600 for a more rounded result.

Great film for creative or experimental work

Used this for shooting at a disco/wedding - great results with a little flash. developed at home. good contrast and versatility

I decided to use this on an old TLR to document the first few weeks of my daughters life alongside another film and my DSLR
after doing quite a bit of reading up I decided to shoot at iso 1600 which was quite handy for the less bright areas I was shooting in.
I think I may use this again in the future but perhaps I might drop shoot at a lower iso like 1000 for slightly less grain.

Delta 3200 normaly would be a produce an extremely grainy image but shooting it in medium format provides a subtle amount of grain which provides almost a nostalgic look
Hightly recommend

I've been very impressed with Delta 3200 metered at ISO1000 and developed in Ilfotec DD-X for my studio work using window light.