Pushing Tri-X

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Last week I did a little experiment that I wanted to show you in this video.

Kodak Tri-X is an excellent film - probably one of the most popular b+w film types of all time. What I like about Tri-X is the versatility and the different looks you can get depending on how you shoot with it.

A few episodes back we talked about pushing and pulling film. If you missed it, here is the link:

   • Pushing and Pulling Film  

Today we're going to push Tri-X to an extreme. Tri-X is rated at 400 iso, but I metered the whole roll at 6400. This is a 4 stop push and I wasn't sure this would work or not.

I processed the film as a stand development in Rodinal 1:100 for 2 hours. I agitated for the first minute and then let it stand. Every 30 minutes I would give it 15 seconds of VERY light agitation.

I'm pretty impressed with the results. If you want to see the images I used in the video - I made a set on Flickr.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedforbe...

So far I'm loving the results. These images are negative scans. In the next few weeks we'll try printing these on an enlarger and see how they behave.