New Kodak Professional Film Product

[Guy Pinhas]

It's been many moons but all chemistry was tempered with the DevTec heater at 100˚f (basically an element with a temp control, which someone hot glued at that temp) TMax developer was usual working strength and one shot. Times were obviously shorter. Iirc, it looked better than processing at lower temps (68˚ for example). I've read that some photographers are experimenting with sous vide heaters like these https://ca.anovaculinary.com/?gclid...-EFZu9VDg5PpE01J6egEJK8fCDOaqKFhoCt3UQAvD_BwE.

When I get some new rolls, will run some tests again to establish some sort of baseline at 68˚ and 100˚. So *when* they bring out 120 P3200 (haha) I'll be ready and steady.

I'm pretty excited and will, like many, use it for super dim light work.

Looking forwards to it! Thanks again.

 

[Ted Striker]

- TMY-2 @800 in combination with one of the numerous modern, excellent f1.4 lenses.

Cheers, Jan

TMY works very well at ISO800 even unpushed. It would be interesting to see what TMY could do at ISO1600 and pushed vs the p3200. I suspect it will do very well given the TGrain properties that it has. While P3200 has the TMAX brand, Kodak themselves say it compares to Tri-X, not TMAX400.

 

[HHPhoto]

TMY works very well at ISO800 even unpushed.

Correct.

It would be interesting to see what TMY could do at ISO1600 and pushed vs the p3200. I suspect it will do very well given the TGrain properties that it has.

Well, since 2007 we already have the improved TMY-2 version .
It strictly depends on the developer! In most developers TMY-2 delivers a straigt, linear characteristic curve. That is not so good for pushing, because you get too dense ("burned") highlights.
Therefore for pushing TMY-2 you need a push developer with a compensating effect, which flattens the characteristic curve in the hightlight zones VIII - X.
That is for example the case with ADOX Atomal developer:
You get a very high speed / sensivity (very good shadow detail) and highlights with detail (flattened characteristic curve in the highlights).
It's a very good combination.

While P3200 has the TMAX brand, Kodak themselves say it compares to Tri-X, not TMAX400.

T-Max 3200 is similar to Tri-X concerning the shape of the characteristic curve.
But concerning sharpness, resolution and fineness of grain T-Max 3200 clearly shows that it is a T-grain film.

Cheers, Jan

 

[Ted Striker]

T-Max 3200 is similar to Tri-X concerning the shape of the characteristic curve.
But concerning sharpness, resolution and fineness of grain T-Max 3200 clearly shows that it is a T-grain film.

Cheers, Jan

From Kodak's FAQ:

Q. What about granularity?
A. P3200 is a fine grain film, similar in nature to the classic look of TRI-X than to T-MAX 400.

 

[HHPhoto]

From Kodak's FAQ:

Q. What about granularity?
A. P3200 is a fine grain film, similar in nature to the classic look of TRI-X than to T-MAX 400.

I know.
Kodak marketing bla bla.
Fact is that the grain structure of TMZ and Tri-X is very different.
And TMZ surpasses Tri-X significantly in sharpness and resolution.

Cheers, Jan

 

[sanmich]

I was about to try TX @1600 in Diafine.
How Tmax3200 should compare to it?

also, if I remember correctly, either delta or Tmax was said to be actually a 1600 ISO film, and 3200 is already a one step push. Any info about this?