Film-Camera Reviews

This is one of my favorite films. If you like smooth toned black and white shots, with little grain, great detail, and a bit of a silvery-gray feel to them, use Tri-X. With a 400 ISO, it can handle a wide range of conditions, and has a lot of latitude in development.

I have other choices for when I'm looking for a more old-time feel (Efke 50 or 100) or when I'm looking for the impact of a grainy film (Ilford 3200), but Tri-X Pan is probably the best Black and White film for everyday that I've used.

I've found that this film Can't be beat. I'd rather spend the extra few dollars to get better looking pictures. I've shot this film out of my Howell+Bell point and shoot as well as my Canon Rebel G with very pleasing results both ways. a few tips I've found for shooting B&W use a R2(Red) Filter For better contrast, the pictures turn out sharper and Clearer depending on the lens your using. I shoot with Sigma's AF but I think it's the only way to go with a Canon Camrea. none the less, this film Can't be beat. SLR or point and shoot you can't go wrong.

I've had GREAT results shooting with TRI-X -- even on a point and shoot pocket camera. It's the only Kodak film I go out of my way to buy (Fuji is my preference for 35mm color).

Images are sharp and have excellent contrast - even in gray/lower light scenes (outdoor shots on a rainy day came out exceptionally well). TRI-X particularly showed better depth of field than the regular Kodak Select B&W film - it's worth the price to get sharp, professional looking images.

I hate this film. Yes, the grain is fine, but Kodak Tri-X grain just looks better to my eyes. Either film is fine for 8x10" prints, but the grain gets a little large if you blow it up more than that. T-Max is definately easier to find at places like Wal-Mart, but do yourself a favor and find some Tri-X.

Kodak T-MAX 400 black and white film is a versatile, fine grain high speed black and white film still widely used by professional and amateur photographers. Although there are other films in its speed and price range that may be better, most notably the new Ilford Delta 400, T-MAX 400 still holds its own because of its fine grain and rich contrast. I will occasionally use it, and am still quite impressed by the fine negatives it produces, especially when it is developed in T-MAX developer. If one wishes to buy a high speed black and white Kodak film, and is not interested in pushing it to ISO 800 or higher, then T-MAX 400 should be your first choice.

Many peope who write these film reviews are high school students who think they know everything from what they learned in a class or two. This film is perfect for what it is. It's not made for the professional photographer. If your going to shoot from an old point and shoot camera then this is perfect. If you just want to play around with black and white then there is no better. If you think that you want to go pro, then get professional kodak film(which at some places don't cost too much more). Pro film will have more grays and greater contrast blah blah blah, but with that kind of thinking, go ahead and buy medium or large format. Otherwise, take it for what it is.

This film is great. It is good for many situations and is very flexible. You can pretty much be safe with 400 speed film. It is an average film that will allow for low/bright light subject matter. It is good for outdoors. Good travel film, since you don't always know what the weather will be like. Have fun!

This is a decent and relatively flexible fast b&w with horrible tonal range. There is not enough detail in highlights or shadows with this film as compared to Ilford and other company's offerings. It is all around just not very impressive. Yes, it is true that it is can be pushed, pulled and do the hokey pokey, but whatever you use it for, the negatives produced are flat and without the kind of range that other 400 speed 35mm b&w films are capable of. It is also not the most flexible film in its category. While some companies are continually improving their film and paper products, Kodak is apparently content to offer the same poor quality film they've been offering for at least 10 years now.

I have used this film in a B & W photo class. I really like it because you can expose it as ISO 200 and it gives you a well-exposed negative in daylight. With reciprocity correction (needing to over-expose when indicated exposure falls higher than 1 second) it also gives excellent night time pictures. Best of all as a B & W film it is pretty uniform in its response to different colors of light. It is quite fine-grained and it is easy to make a crisp eight by ten enlargement without getting grainy.

T-Max 100 is a good film to use if you develop and process your own film and print your own photos. Out of other B&W film such as Ilford and AGFA, T-Max emphasizes the most contrast but that also means that it doesn't have a high tonal effect. In other words, you will get good sharp black and white but not a wide range of shades of gray.