Film speed in a cheap panoramic camera

[TTT]

Hi all,
I just wanted to get some opinions on a panoramic camera that was given to me recently. It says to use 200 speed film ONLY, and I realize this is because it has a fixed shutter speed(?) and aperture (it's fixed-focus).... I'm not expecting amazing results, but it should be fun to play with.

Now, it doesn't have a flash. I want to be able to do some low light / indoors stuff with it as well (I'll make sure there's plenty of electrical light available when I do this). I'm assuming that the 'consumer' films these days (eg. Fuji Superia, Kodak Gold etc.) at around the ISO 400 speed range have a pretty wide exposure latitude, based on past experience and what I've read. Do you think it'd be worth it to try a roll of 400 and see how it goes, just for the extra speed? (I don't want to pay to get them developed and have a stack of white & grey postcards). Or even ISO 800?

Also, should I ask them to pull the film? It's going to be overexposed obviously, but will one stop of overexposure make much difference with these films?

Thanks in advance

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One stop of overexposure won't hurt you at all with negative films. I usually set my cameras to overexpose 2/3 of a stop with these films (set camera at ISO250 for ISO400 film) for more shadow detail and to be sure I wasn't underexposed, which is much less forgiving. I'd even try Ilford Delta 3200 black & white in it, but make find a good b&w lab to take it to first.

[TTT]

Thanks. With black and white film, you'd pretty much need to play around with the development though, right? (I think the Delta is real B&W, not chromogenic stuff, correct)? Or would it still turn out ok if I just got it developed as if it was exposed correctly for the speed?
Also, do you get them to pull your colour films?

[TTT]

I'm not even sure if this camera has a variable shutter speed... so putting a faster film in it might not have any effect in terms of capturing moving objects Oh well, I guess the backgrounds might look better in lower light.

[another view]

Delta is good ol' fashioned B&W film. Well, not exactly like Tri-X - it's probably a little more like Tmax. The best scenario for this would be to do it yourself and it's not hard. The equipment isn't expensive and you don't need a darkroom to develop film. You would need one and an enlarger to make traditional prints, but the negs can be scanned for digital prints too - with very good results.

Actually everything will have more exposure with faster film, but if you're using a flash or strobes, then you're right about the backgrounds looking better (more exposure in them because the flash won't affect something at a distance).