yea, pretty much any film will get grainy when you push it a few stops! I shot Delta 400 pushed to 1600, (not sure if that was a good choice or not, since I don't do alot of pushing), the grain was very visible (especially since it was 35mm), but I enjoyed it, knowing that it was going to be grainy
mrladewig wrote:
I don't mean to speak for Simon and I don' know specifically what he used.
Ilford HP5 can show this type of grittiness, especially if its pushed. All of the fast B&W (ISO1600/3200) films will show a very gritty grain.
If you want the speed but wish to avoid grain, Kodak's TMax 400 (TMY) and Ilford's Delta 400 are a smother grain variety of film.
It does look a bit like HP5 now that you mention it. I was referring more to the atmosphere of the picture rather than the film when I mentioned grittiness. For film I normally shoot Tri-X or Neopan 1600 pulled one stop. I'm kind of weird sometimes, I tend to add lots of noise to my otherwise clean 5D pictures.
Here's another, just scanned this one in on my new sheet of anti-newton's ring glass, works great, no more ringing when scanning in my 8x10's! Tachihara 8x10, 240mm g-claron, Tmax100, red filter:
