Pushing Tri-X

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Any thoughts / suggestions on pushing Tri-X up to 800 and beyond? Does it get too grainy to make it worthwhile?

My normal MO is an EI of 200 and HC110B but lately I've been using PMK at an EI of 320.

-- David Parmet (david@parmet.net), March 02, 2001

Answers

I have exposed Tri-X at 800 Asa many times and developed in D-76 for 12 minutes instead of 10. Works great and the grain doesn't get too large.

Tri-X at 200 Asa developed in Aculux 2 gives very fine grain and superb grey scale!

-- Patric (jenspatric@mail.bip.net), March 02, 2001.


tri-x works great even at 1600. but at 3200 you get major shadow loss. i like the grain. that's the nice effect of good black & white film. you have the choice to have or not have grain. my main developer is tmax, but i prefer tri-x film.

-- d.a.galgozy (rollemfilm@yahoo.com), March 02, 2001.

I've found that Tri-X rated at 1600 in Diafine produces a very fine-grained, compensated image with very little loss of shadow detail. The two-bath developer is also very convenient to use because it takes 3 min. in "A' and 3 min. in "B", no matter what film stock you're using. Also, it's panthermic, that is, temperature may be anywhere between 65 to 75 degrees F. with no change in time requ

-- Chris Heard (westrnview@aol.com), March 19, 2001.

About 1969 a friend told me that if I wished to push ANY B&W film, all I need do would be to add 1 min. 25 seconds to my developer time. It has worked for me many times and I am certain that another 15 to 20 seconds would NOT hurt, depending on how much contrast you wish to add/subtract. This is for a one stop push, of course.

-- H. David Huffman (craptalk@lvcm.com), March 20, 2001.

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