Hi, I have managed to get myself in a bit of a fix and could use some advice. (beginner here)
My daughter's wedding was this past weekend out of town (San Diego). Since everyone else was shooting digital color, I decided to use BW film to capture a different sort of look. As the bride's father, I was "asked" to not use my SLR but instead carry the p/s Minox GT-S as it is much less intrusive. (and takes nice shots)
I started the first night with a roll of Tri-X pan 400 and found it was just too slow, so I went back and purchased some Tmax P3200. I had forgotten that the ASA dial on the Minox is just for fun and instead it sets the film speed setting from the DX on the film.
Now for the fun part - I cannot seem to download the Kodak technical paper on this film to see if the DX is really telling my camera to assume 3200 or not. There have been some comments that it is really an 800 film, so did my camera use 800 or 3200 ?
I am planning to send the film into a commercial lab anyway ( most likely
Praus Productions Inc. [4photolab.com] ) but I would like to tell them what I did.
BTW - if you happen to be in San Diego looking for film, these guys have a heck of a selection.
http://georgescamera.com/
Thank you,
HarryN