Don't know if this has enough oomph for you. I didn't really use a meter on these, but I did use Tri X 320. Pushed to about... 1600-3200 I suppose? This is with a twin lens... I suppose with 35mm should be at least as easy.
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Don't know if this has enough oomph for you. I didn't really use a meter on these, but I did use Tri X 320. Pushed to about... 1600-3200 I suppose? This is with a twin lens... I suppose with 35mm should be at least as easy.
I used to use tri-x pushed to 1000 in Accufine for newspaper work and it was excellent unless the subject was very unevenly lighted (as in stage plays). Yes, you could see grain in 8x10's but it was neat, sharp grain and if you avoided overdoing the contrast (easy to get classic soot and chalk) they looked good.
Paul,
I love the light-swimming-in-a-pool-of-darkness look. I tend to worry more about gradation than shadow detail or grain. I can live with featureless blacks far better than I can with featureless whites, which feel glaring and discordant, like fingernails on a chalkboard. I can enjoy a rather short scale, provided it's well balanced, as in your example.