Back in 2018 Kodak re-released their T-MAX P3200. I only started seriously shooting film around 2013, so I never got around to shooting the original run of P3200 after it was discontinued in 2012.
I then found out that P3200 is actually a nominal 800 speed film and that it was designed to be pushed two stops out of the box. This piqued my interest and made me wonder how far you can push this film stock.
Without any research I just dived head first and started pushing P3200 as far as I was capable.
TL;DW:
I started by pushing T-MAX P3200 to 12800, then pushed to 25600, then 51200, and then 102400.
With each stop the grain became more aggressive, there was more contrast, and lost more and more detail in the shadows and highlights.
Each roll was developed by hand in a Paterson tank, with inversion for the first 30 seconds, then 3 inversions at the top of every minute.
Ilford DD-X 1+4 68°F/20°C
Ilford Rapid Fixer 1+4 68°F/20°C
12800 - 19.5 minutes
25600 - 25.5 minutes
51200 - 33 minutes
102400 - 41 minutes
Up until this point each stop behaved as expected, so when I tried pushing one more stop to 204800 everything just fell apart.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:17 - 12,800
00:34 - 25,600
00:52 - 51,200
01:21 - 102,400
01:42 - Development
02:22 - Disclaimer
02:53 - 204,800
Music: Mom Wants Grandkids - Single Friend
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