Is someone using Tmax100 as a versatile film?

NB23 · May 11, 2021

Don Heisz said:
Then it only stands to reason that "many people" would ruin that film extremely well.
I'm not actually forgetting anything. That Tmax is an extremely good film does not guarantee it will behave the way a particular photographer wants for a particular situation. Otherwise, photographers would only ever shoot Tmax. Perhaps you would argue they should only use Tmax. Personally, I would be fine only ever using Tmax 100 and 400 - I could probably be satisfied with just 400. But many people like variety, for their own reasons.

My answer to this is Price. When I could buy TMX bulk rolls for 59.99 I suddenly had a freezer filled with 20 bulk rolls of tmx.

Then, Tri-X appeared at 79.99 for a short while, from 129.99 and I purchased 14 rolls. And then I had the idea to jump on pan-f at 49$ over fp4 priced at 54$. I got 20 rolls of pan-f.

If all films were priced equally, I would probably only shoot FP4 and TMZ. But the price factor is wanking me all over the place.

DREW WILEY · May 11, 2021

You're complaining about the price of 35mm film? Try shooting TMax in 8x10. Ironically, it comes out about the same over the long haul, simply because one tends to shoot far more conservatively as the size of the format dramatically increases. I love Pan F too for smaller cameras; but it has the shortest straight line of any current film, and can't even begin to compete in the same arena as TMax. It is wonderful for our gently lit beach fog conditions, or in the soft lighting of falling snow in the mountains. FP4 is a great mid-speed, mid-range product; I always keep some of that on hand. I rarely shoot Tri-X, but have deliberately used it for its signature buckshot grain in a handful of 120 film prints.

Don_ih · May 11, 2021

NB23 said:
When I could buy TMX bulk rolls for 59.99 I suddenly had a freezer filled with 20 bulk rolls of tmx.

That's a price that will never be seen again.

Cholentpot said:
Can we see more peoples examples of Tmax 100?

I like taking pictures of stuff on a copy stand....

You'll notice it's not muddy.

NB23 · May 11, 2021

Who is complaining? I just tend to buy cheaper... I guess I will soon stock up on arista edu 100.

DREW WILEY said:
You're complaining about the price of 35mm film? Try shooting TMax in 8x10. Ironically, it comes out about the same over the long haul, simply because one tends to shoot far more conservatively as the size of the format dramatically increases. I love Pan F too for smaller cameras; but it has the shortest straight line of any current film, and can't even begin to compete in the same arena as TMax. It is wonderful for our gently lit beach fog conditions, or in the soft lighting of falling snow in the mountains. FP4 is a great mid-speed, mid-range product; I always keep some of that on hand. I rarely shoot Tri-X, but have deliberately used it for its signature buckshot grain in a handful of 120 film prints.

MattKing · May 11, 2021

Cholentpot said:
Can we see more peoples examples of Tmax 100?

Sure - 35mm T-Max 100:

Lachlan Young · May 11, 2021

michael_r said:
D-76 was the release developer for TMax. The TMax developers were a later release, not as an improvement over D-76, but a different balance of characteristics - favouring slightly higher speed with tradeoffs in graininess and sharpness. The improvement over D-76, however slight, came with the release of XTOL.

And some of the older TMax 100/400/3200 data sheets make it clear that the preferential developers were D-76/ Xtol and the TMax developers - with Microdol-X & HC-110 less strongly recommended for them (it can't purely be because of potential, albeit mild, speed loss). I think that D-76/ ID-11 or other very close direct equivalent seems to have been the de-facto release developer for most Agfa/ Ilford/ Kodak/ Fuji BW films for normal contrast usage (even if the manufacturer's preference is for the end user to go with a Microphen derivative).

Jon Buffington · May 11, 2021

Tmax 100, 35mm, nikon fm2n series e 75-150/3.5 developed in d76

Cholentpot · May 11, 2021

Alan Edward Klein said:
Here are Tmax100 samples in 6x7 and 4x5. You have to look at each to see which is which.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?sort=date-taken-desc&safe_search=1&tags=tmax100&user_id=55760757@N05&view_all=1

Nice. I can see the variations in contrast. The film is what you make of it.

Don Heisz said:
That's a price that will never be seen again.

I like taking pictures of stuff on a copy stand.... View attachment 274326

You'll notice it's not muddy.

Looks kind of pebbly though...

MattKing said:
Sure - 35mm T-Max 100:
View attachment 274328

Nice contrast.

Jon Buffington · May 11, 2021

tmax 100, nikon fm2n, series e 28 or 35mm, rodinal 1:50

Don_ih · May 11, 2021

Cholentpot said:
Looks kind of pebbly though...

Exactly. I was wondering if anyone would get the joke.

Cholentpot · May 11, 2021

Don Heisz said:
Exactly. I was wondering if anyone would get the joke.

The photo rocks.

SilverShutter · May 12, 2021

Back when protests were still safe, this was a student strike for climate, organised by FFI in 2019. I shot it all in Tmax 100 with my SRT100x and the Rokkor 45mm

Fridays For Future - Cork by Diego Leon, en Flickr

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