A known Kodak quality item. If you don't like it, then use a slower film or Tri-X

Tends to get grainy too quickly, especially when a flash is used.

I remember testing this against Tri-X and liking it better when I was developing it myself using T-Max Developer. Now, I have been using a Chicago pro lab and I feel that the grain is too much as the lab scans it to digital for me. This is really grainy for wedding pics but it adds some character to otherwise routine color pics. I think the labs want a thinner neg now as they go all digital with their printing unlike when projected through an enlarger at home as I used to do it in the past. Make your own tests. I think that the portable strobes when overexposed also causes more grain to appear than I would like to see but I need the flash for the darker receptions.

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Tri-X.

i've been using triX and love it, but just tried Tmax with a mamiya C33 TLR and got amazing results! maybe it's my sloppy developing technique or bad exposure (sunny 16 rule with no lightmeter).

this film is perhaps simply more forgiving...

great contrast, low grain, just one wrong exposure on the whole roll.

Great sharpness, fine grain, nice tones

Its not realy a weakness, but it exhausts your fixer very fast. You have to fix it longer then Tri-x and preferably with fresh fixer. Then it comes out great.

This film has a nice fine grain and a relatively high speed. I develop this this film in Kodak D-76 1:1 for 12:30 and the grain is much finer than Tri-x 320. The sharpness is also great. I think this is a wonderful film for portraiture. It can render skintones very nicely and the speed allows for daylight photography.

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Never needed it.

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Kodak Tri-X 320
Kodak Tri-x 400

My favorite fast film. I shoot 35mm, rating it at ISO 250, developing in FX-39 1:15 and printing on a diffusion enlarger (LPL 670 VCCE). This gives razor sharpness with fine grain. For even finer gain, Xtol is excellent with TMY, too. But then I seldom enlarge beyond 12 inches, so I stick with higher acutance over finer grain.

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Lots of info on the Kodak website.

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Just about every other film on the market.

Easy to process, easy to shoot, easy to push. Reasonably priced, and great for all skill levels.

Not much as far as I can tell.

As a photographer who craves an easy to handle film no matter what, I've really enjoyed using this film. It's very consistent no matter how many times I've shot it. For indoor work with a flash, I might suggest pulling the film as the flash creates a harshness with this film. Overall, though, I find it easy to handle anywhere from 200-1600 ASA. I've both pulled and pushed this film and found it to be an all around winner. Even after pushing, the grain is nice and easy on the eyes. Pushing also increases contrast nicely, and on variable contrast paper, I've rarely needed to use a filter when pushing.

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Never needed it

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Kodak Tri-X, Kodak T-Max 100, Ilford HP5 400

Good tones

Lots of Grain

I used this film a little in a photography class at college and I wasn't real happy with it. Too much grain for my liking, but the tones are good. 400 speed film so you don't need to lug a tripod with you every where.

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Kodak TM 100

fine grain at this speed

Not very forgiving with incorrect exposure or developement

A fine-grained film relative to its ASA. As a wedding photojournalist I''ve shot 1000''s of rolls tmax 400. I don''t consider myself an expert on different films but have at least some experience with most b&w films, this is the one I like best, for my type of work. I do think it''s a good idea to become really familiar with a film before deciding if you like it or not. I like to develop tmax 400 in Tmax developer at 75 degree F. diluted 1:6 instead of the recommended 1:4. I also agitate only 2x''s every :30 sec. This film is really ugly if it''s overdeveloped. I find that the film should appear to be thinner than say tri-x when held to a light or viewed on a light table. To my eye, as long as you can see the slightest detail in the shadows then this film has the right amount of density to print well

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I think Kodak is overly conservative with the information they provide. They do provide lots of information, but I wish they''d give better information about what will occur with films and paper if yo

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All Tmax films. 1st generation Ilford, Delta 400 and Delta 100 Tri-x

Tonal range. speed. tough film base. cheap in bulk rolls.$3 a roll, 35-36 exposures.

long fixing times extra 2-3 min. not as bad as Tmax 100 which is the worst. Exhausts your fix bath faster than other films to. this may be a trade off for better negs or whatever

Excellent contrast and density for an all round speed film. rated at 320ASA. Shoot for the shadows to get good density negs. Using Kodak B&W white control strips to get recommended contrast for film in a 3 and half gallon tank. I recommend using either filtered water or distilled water for mixing to get good results in your negs. Using TMax RS developer at either 22 or 24 degress Celsius gives awsome tonal range. Easy to print on multi-grade Black and white papers. Good neg results in Xtol too. I remember using FG-7 back in school for this film,. Resulted in a very unhappy grain in the base of film using FG7 with sodium sulfite. I beleive that most films give good results as long as you are anal about your developing and research developing materials to the full extent.

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None needed, but Kodak is a big bad company that makes consistant film.

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Tmax 100, P3200, PLus-X 125. Tri X 320, 400, Ilford 100, 125, 400, 50, Agfa 100, 400. Fuji 1600

Fine grain, nice "texture" for portraits. This is THE B&W film for me. Easy to develop at home.

None that I can think of.

If you need a black and white film for portraits or just for everyday use, this is the film for you. Great contrast and very pleasing grain.

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Tri-X

Good contrast, fine grain, easy to develop at home, no problem shooting at 200 ISO and under developing with D76

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This is a good choice for people who wants to have fine grain ina a quite fast film. Teh grain is OK for me, I shoot at 200 ISO and I develop using D76 1 +1 20 º celsius, so I have better light at shadows (Ansel Adams recommends this trick, since human's eye is more sensible to black in shadows than to over light in whites).

I recommend it for people who begins and wants to have good results developping at Home.

The contrast is at the beginning difficult to control, but if you're beginning it's even better since you learn to control the contrast.

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