Pushing Provia 400x to 1600?

[parasko]

Hi all,

I'm seeking the all round travel film. I like 400x and it scans very well but I want to be able to use this film in limited light also...the high speed film conundrum.

Some have pushed this film to 1600. I've tried it but results weren't that good. Apart from the grain, the image ends up with that cross-processed look about it.

800 is definitely acceptable.

Question:
1. Has anyone tried shooting this film at 1600 but only compensating for 1 stop in the processing (that is, as if it was shot at 800)? Do the shadows block up?

Any other advice for shooting this film at 1600?

 

[historicist]

This is probably a really unhelpful answer but I do this often with black and white film (Scala, Neopan 400), shooting at 1600 or 3200 and developing at 800 or 1600, and it works fine, though I do like a contrasty look.

Not sure if I've ever done it with Provia but then I quite like 400x at 1600 personally.

 

[parasko]

Thanks Historicist.

When shooting Provia at 1600 do you end up with a lot of grain and that washed-out cross-processed look that I referred to?

I've also shot B&W at 1600 and developed at 800, using tri-x...but B&W is a different story, and tri-x is a very versatile, flexible and forgiving film. Positive film is a different story.

This is probably a really unhelpful answer but I do this often with black and white film (Scala, Neopan 400), shooting at 1600 or 3200 and developing at 800 or 1600, and it works fine, though I do like a contrasty look.

Not sure if I've ever done it with Provia but then I quite like 400x at 1600 personally.