Kodak T-MAX 400 Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: Dénis
(Intermediate)

Review Date
February 17, 2007

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

Review 1 of 26

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

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.

Strengths:

Great sharpness, fine grain, nice tones

Weaknesses:

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.

Similar Products Used:

Kodak Tri-X 320
Kodak Tri-x 400

Customer Service:

Never needed it.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Jon Porter
(Intermediate)

Review Date
January 14, 2004

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 2 of 26

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

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.

Similar Products Used:

Just about every other film on the market.

Customer Service:

Lots of info on the Kodak website.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Carl
(Intermediate)

Review Date
June 17, 2003

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
More than 1 year

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes

Review 3 of 26

Price Paid: $4.00 from Michigan Silver Exch

Summary:

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.

Strengths:

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

Weaknesses:

Not much as far as I can tell.

Similar Products Used:

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

Customer Service:

Never needed it

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Rating
Reviewed by: hovi
(Intermediate)

Review Date
February 14, 2003

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Review 4 of 26

Price Paid: $3.00 from B&H

Summary:

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.

Strengths:

Good tones

Weaknesses:

Lots of Grain

Similar Products Used:

Kodak TM 100

Customer Service:

N/A

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Rating
Reviewed by: Todd
(Professional)

Review Date
December 2, 2001

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

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3.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 5 of 26

Price Paid: $249.00 from B&H Photo

Summary:

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

Strengths:

fine grain at this speed

Weaknesses:

Not very forgiving with incorrect exposure or developement

Similar Products Used:

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

Customer Service:

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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