Long, rich tonal scale. Works very well with D76 for classic fine prints. Attractive grain (unlike TMAX 400). A good general purpose fast film. Can achieve spectacular, luminous skin tones.

Can be very grainy in 35mm, a better choice in 120 and sheet film sizes. Does not push very well.

The best choice in the fast speed range. A very versatile, high quality film.

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Kodak TMAX 400, Agfa APX400.

wide exposure lattitude,easy for even a begginer to process at home, almost always good results with a minimum of experience required.

Has been around so long that people new to photography might think that there has to be something better just because it was invented before the computer (BC)

After recently going back through most of inventory of negatives from the past 4 years since I began my photographic journey, I found myself looking for a "common thread", something that I could apply to most every situation to get more consistant results in my work. The thing that jumped out at me was the fact that most of the images in my collection that I am happy with, came from TRI-X negatives. I have been all over the spectrum buying and useing B&W films but it is this one that time and again has delivered the goods for me. I know now that it is time to stop all the endless experimentation and land somewhere as far as my main film choice for my black and white photo work. Tri-X will be pretty much the the only film I will work with from now on. The instructors and mentors we all have in our early days as budding photographers usually tell us to pick something and stick with it but this is a concept that most of us can't abide by as the field of photography is by it's very nature a creative tool and we as photographers are by our very nature, creative and creativity means experimentation. For me, this part of the experiment is over........

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Ilford HP5, Kodak TMY, Ilford XP super and Ilford delta 400

Sharp, forgiving

Graininess? (Though the granularity is just average compared to other ISO 400 B&W films, the less-grainy ISO 400 B&W films tend to sacrifice sharpness.)

Kodak Tri-X was the first of the modern high-speed black-and-white films when it was introduced way back in 1954, and it is still the standard against which other ISO 400 black-and-white films are compared. Sure, you'll find ISO 400 B&W films that are less grainy than Tri-X, but they generally sacrifice sharpness in order to obtain low granularity. If you want low grain, shoot a lower-speed film, not a high-speed film that claims low granularity! (Though there are grainier ISO 400 B&W films on the market, those films that are grainier than Tri-X have grain so coarse that it detracts from the overall picture sharpness.)

If you develop B&W film yourself, Tri-X is much more forgiving as to which developer to use than Kodak's "newer" film, T-Max 400. (Try developing T-Max 400 in D-76, and you may get almost unprintable highlights; Tri-X doesn't develop in the highlights quite as densely in the same D-76 developer.)

So, for the average black-and-white photographer, there is absolutely no reason to choose anything but Kodak's Tri-X film. Anything else - and the casual photographer may get crappy results.

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Wow can this grain-less film show detail and mid-tones when used properly!!

Kodak keeps talking about killing film off due to cost !

With my first "real" photography class my teacher reluctantly made give up my Neopan 100 and Ilford 400 and made me use this film. She also made me pull to 100 and develop at 7.5 minutes with 1:1 Kodak D-76 @ 67F ... It was all to weird to me but hey, I wanted an A. My first prints were outrageous!! This film when used as I noted above can produce the most beautiful mid-tones in a picture I’ve ever seen. It can do this with virtually no grain at all! Give this old film a try as I described above and be surprised ... It’s without the best BW film ever made! Thanks to my teach Peggy !

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no need!

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Ilford 400, fugi neopan 100

Speed, flexiblity, tonal range, grain structure

Never

I sued it when I first got started as it expended the range of possible photo situations i could handle. As I grew as an image maker I came to appreciate its' tonal qualities, its' beautiful grain structure and its' forgiving nature when pressed to its exposure limits.
The whole Tmax thing I have always found ugly.

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Agfa, TMax, Ilford HP(nice)

Very versatle film and easy to use. This is my main film

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Doesen't get any better than this

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Ilford

The old standby! Tri-X has been my favorite for ages, because it produces wonderful images and is incredibly tolerant of variations in exposure and processing. Yes, there are sharper and less grainy films in this speed, but for many uses, Tri-X is still the best. And good old D-76 1:1 is still the perfect developer for TX.

Never, not in HUNDREDS (if not thousands)of rolls since the sixties.

Unless you need more-than-usual sharpness and very very fine grain, Tri-X is THE 400-speed b/w film to use. One of the all-time greats!

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Great Yellow Father has a wonderful website and a great CS team.

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T-Max 400 (it didn't work well for me - in my limited experience, it's vastly overrated)

A nice, easy to work with film that's been around forever. Moderate grain. Gets a bit excited about contrast, but it's easy to control. Easy to push, pull, or otherwise slap around.

Not that the film would solve!

The only film to be found in most of the photojournalists bags for a LONG time. It's not what I would recommend for every occasion, but if there was only one film I could work with for the rest of my life, this would be it.

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No experience.

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Ilford.

Wide tonal range. Very versitile, can push easily to 1600. Nice grain

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A classic and still the best.

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Ilford