In article <01bc8c56$e0b70c60$6707848b@nanthony>, nanthony@deakin.edu.au says...

>I've read at WWW.Kodak that TMax 3200 is a nominal 800ASA - 1000ASA film,
>with great results pushed to 1600, 3200 and even 6400.
>
>What experience have people had at pulling Tmax 3200? Kodak says that TMax
>3200 pulled to 400ASA gives 'superb' shadow detail. Has anyone tried this?
>What do they think? Possible to privately e-mail me some scanned pics?

I would choose films other than TMax for pulling (at lower ratings) to
improve shadow detail... I once chased TMax 400 down to 25 ASA with very
little improvement in its poor shadow rendering... Tri-X works OK, but
Fuji Neopan 400 is wonderful at 250 (with development in D-76 1:1, normal
for Tri-X at 400...) for producing detailed and open shadows without losing
contrast in the mid tones, and with soft-but-nice highlights. For extreme
range (about 20 stops...!!!), I exposed Tri-X at 25 and process it in
POTA (sodium sulphite and phenidone) - with this, you can have the interior
of a building and the sunlit exterior show in the same photo, or show
detail in dark tree bark and have the sun show in a light-grey sky - all
without dodging/burning (but the price is that the photos must be printed
very small [I had a show of these 3 1/3" x 5" prints in a museum once that
had 24' high walls - we got creative with hanging the tiny images...]
to "hang together" graphically - and most photographers object to the
low brilliance of the prints [well, those not used to platinum prints,
anyway...;-]).
Hope This Helps
(David Ruether - http://www.fcinet.com/ruether )