Question: How is the tonality of the FP4 more pleasing than TMY-2? You may be able to adjust how you expose and process the film to get different results.
I have now successfully developed tmy2 (t-max 400) correctly. The negatives are nice. BUT I really like FP4 a lot better, tonality is much more pleasing. Though I would love more speed. Should I try Tri-x?
Which Xtol dilution do you prefer with TMY? And why?
2 things I noticed. I feel somehow the way TMY is rendering greenery like grass, bushes and trees are more lifeless than FP4. Also the highlights are not as pleaseing, even if I see the details are there.
Though I need to print some more subjects to make a final decision about it.
2 things I noticed. I feel somehow the way TMY is rendering greenery like grass, bushes and trees are more lifeless than FP4. Also the highlights are not as pleaseing, even if I see the details are there.
Though I need to print some more subjects to make a final decision about it.
Do you feel you get more contrast with FP4+? Or perhaps color contrast?
Yes to both, doing landscape photography. Also I feel the higlights in FP4 are glowing and gentle at the same time, compared to tmy which are more harsh.
This is a matter of aesthetics. I haven't shot a lot of T-Max, but my limited experience has been that it has a precise character, which certainly could be interpreted as harsh.
I switched to Tmax1100 & 400 from FP4 on the release of Tmax films mid 80's and I'd say the opposite - Tmax & the Ilford Delta films have a beret tonality so are less harsh.
Tri-x is the classic harsh gritty film although it's mellowed in recent years, But Tmax is much more responsive to slight changes in development so slight over development means higher contrast and development technique should be tight.
Ian
Yes to both, doing landscape photography. Also I feel the higlights in FP4 are glowing and gentle at the same time, compared to tmy which are more harsh.
Sorry for responding so late.
I don't know what your experience with this film is, but mine is the opposite. I find that the FP4 negatives are not as smooth in grayscale gradation as TMY-2. TMY-2 also has a long straight linear response, longer than most other films, so separation is better from shadow to highlight. But in order to use it, and use it well, you have to be dead on accurate with temperatures, etc when you process.
FP4+ has more inherent contrast than TMY-2, some of which can be tamed by gentler agitating the film.
To me, TMY-2 is the more rewarding film, but you may feel differently. But please know that you will not eke the maximum out of TMY-2 until your process is under iron rule and 100% control. If you already do, you obviously have found that you like FP4+ better, so I would recommend to continue using it.
- Thomas
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