Excelent tones and nice grain.

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Do yourself a favor and have it printed on b&w paper. Nice contrast range and density. Shadows contain alot of datails compared to TMY. Looks simillar to Delta 400 Pro.
A very good film. I plan to use it much in the future.

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TMX TMY TMZ Plus-x Tri-x
Delta 400

Can be pushed from 50 to 1600, if grainy at the fast end.
C41 developing
Really good quality prints at 400 (even 800) - close grain and good defintion

You either love or hate the colourisation that processing causes - personally I love it.

I think this is an excellent film, though the colouring is one of those things you love or hate. Your prints come out from blue-grey to sepia! The prints are tight and clear, and if you rate it at 50 then you have both conveneince of a C41 process and excellent slow film. Try a couple of rolls and see!

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Ilford FP4, HP5, Delta 100 & 400

almost looks like true b/w film. Pretty impressive

You really can't under or overexpose this film without getting some strange results.

Of the B/W C-41 films, this one is the winner. The work I've done with this film looks so much like that of true B/W film. Some of my other photographer friends were pretty impressed with the results. Also as mentioned in the other reviews, it really helps to have it done at a really good photo lab on the Black and white paper. You'll see what I'm talking about if you get it done this way. Overall, I give it 5 stars!

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That crappy Kodak T400

Lovely skin tones, wide latitude, scans very well, fine grain.

Wide latitude can lead to problems with the grooms suit turning to a leisure suit in flat lighting :)

Fantastic for outdoors event photography like weddings. A great people film. Scans very well. I can't understand it being canned for color casts imposed by the compromise of printing it on color paper.

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Not tried.

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T400CN

Decent price, C-41 developing, great prints when done correctly.

Easily scratched film, grain shows with enlargments at 400asa.

I took this roll to Cosco for over night processing for $4.90, and they turned out EXECLENT! The prints were black and white, with a warm tone to them. But the negitives were destroyed. They ended up scratched horribly, and seem to be very easily mangled compared to color negitives that can recieve a lot of abuse. When enlarging (all taken at 400asa) the pictures are grainy when set to about 8x10 size.

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C41, extremely fine grain, wide exposure latitude

Soft contrast

Just another positive review. I shot with the original XP1, and it's only gotten better. Shoot at ASA 200, and 16 x 20 from 35mm is amazing. I have never had my film printed by a lab, so I can't comment on problems with printing; your own darkroom is at least half the fun. Try it, but don't judge this film by the resulting prints; look at the negatives. (It also helps to have the processing done by a quality lab that sleeves the negs!) Finally, if you buy in bulk and load your own, the value is GREAT!

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Huh?? Never needed it.

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Tri-X

Fast
good density
nice skin tones
easy

none yet

I really like the convenience of the chromogenic films and I think that the XP2 Super is much better than the Kodak offering. I get much better tones with the XP2 than I do with the Kodak. I just had a sitting with a couple for some headshots. Exposed indoor at 400 there was hardly any grain on the 11 x 14 print. The outdoor shots exposed on the same roll with the EI set at 200 were even better. Initial processing was done at a local Walgreens with excellent quality control. Negs looked great and proofs had a slight sepia tone to them as expected. All blowups done at a local B&W lab. Results spectacular. Its hard to beat for convenience.

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None needed.

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Kodak TN 400 Professional
Kodak Tri-X

Inexpensive,Excellent latitude, versatilit7y

Grainier than conventional 400 iso B&W film.

Best of the chromogenic B&W films but still falls short of the quality of traditiohal B&W films, however, I happily use this film for it's sheer convenience.

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Most B&W Films

Quick and dirty 1-hr lab processing

Some custom labs don't want to handle enlargements on color paper due to variable results

XP2 isn't a replacement for traditional black and white, but produces decent results on B&W paper. Really comes into it's own with color paper, effect may not be for everyone, but works great for what I do.

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Ilford has a great website

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That nasty kodak stuff