Do you routinely push? TOP on pushing...

[Juan Valdenebro]

Pushing is great... Some subjects and kinds of light can express better when film is pushed, just like some sunny scenes can be better when pulled, but I wouldn't consider any of these two an absolute: some sunny shots can look great if taken with a pushed film, and occasionally even dull light scenes can be OK if shot on a pulled film if subject's -or scene's- range were wide enough... In general, I push more than all I pull and shoot at box speed together... I guess I just like grain, contrast and speed. I love the look of Tri-X at 1600 in Rodinal, and for wider apertures everyday I carry an ND8 and an ND64, and I use constantly my Bessas' 1/2000th shutter speed... Not that this is as relevant as the photograph, but I enjoy the look... When there's contrast AND grain, I like it! Fool I am!

Cheers,

Juan

 

[robbeiflex]

Overexposed and underdeveloped, that's me, but only by 1/3 of a stop!

I like my Tri-X exposed at ISO 320 and developed in XTOL at the ISO 400 time.

Then again I often push a roll or two if I see the need. I've done it enough to understand what I lose in tonality and details as a result, and I'll be the last one to criticize others for experimenting. Then again, it has also taught me that if it's so dark that I need f1.4, 1/15s, and ISO 3200, then maybe it's just so dark that I should put my camera down until the sun comes back up, or think about using a flash or other light source.

Cheers,
Rob

 

[sepiareverb]

Some subjects and kinds of light can express better when film is pushed, just like some sunny scenes can be better when pulled, but I wouldn't consider any of these two an absolute: some sunny shots can look great if taken with a pushed film, and occasionally even dull light scenes can be OK if shot on a pulled film if subject's -or scene's- range were wide enough...

Indeed. One of the tools of analog photography we'd be dumb not to consider.

 

[StillKicking]

I push when I need to - I prefer not to. When Neopan 1600 became hard to come by I started doing so far more.. TMAX 400 & TriX 400 shot at 1600 for night work. I usually develop in Rodinal 1:100 for 60 minutes (stand development). I have very limited access to a dark room these days so scan most of my negatives..

This was shot with TMAX400 @1600 and developed with Rodinal 1:100 for 60 minutes.

 

[Michiel Fokkema]

When possible I try to pull all my negative film around a stop.
But if necessary I push HP5+ to 1600 with reasonable results.

 

[RanceEric]

I regularly push 400 speed film to 3200. Tri-X @3200, devolop in microphen.
Photos of shots at 3200: on flickr