Customer Reviews

Kodak Professional TRI-X 400/400TX 35mm Black-and-White Film, 36-Exposure Roll

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I bought a brick of this several years ago for a couple of black-and-white photography classes and was pretty pleased with it. Tri-X requires less development time than TMax, so there's less waiting around until you can get back to the fun stuff in the darkroom. It is a little grainy because of the film speed, but in this case the grain gave the finished photos a very pleasing quality that I wouldn't have had if I'd shot with some slower film.

It's been a while since I've splashed around in a darkroom, but seeing that Tri-X is still produced has got me thinking about setting up my development gear again and doing the old magic with all its strange lighting and smells and trickling water.

Anyway, Tri-X definitely makes grainy prints, but that's the beauty of it. Digital black and white just doesn't have the mystery about it that this old film has, and creating a bit of wonder is what black and white is all about.

I am a mostly digital girl, and this is the only film I use for portraits when I shoot in a film camera. I do not shoot for bells and whistles nor do I have high-end camera equipment. This is the same black and white film that used to be extremely readily available (those were days) when I was in high school, and I am so very glad that I have wonderful photos taken on it in my beloved point-and-shoot: of the kindergarteners which were in my care as a YMCA camp counselor and of my friends and (mis)adventures throughout my senior year. It is not so easy to find as it was then, so I like to get it in the multi-packs here, where the price is reasonable. I'm still using the same Old Reliable Olympus Point and Shoot, and they still come out like a dream.

This product is not old school just yet! Digital pictures taken in (or later converted to) b&w are nowhere close in quality to the b&w films that are produced with this film. I have developed and printed pictures for years but haven't had a chance to do so lately given that I have been on digital for the past decade or so. Took pictures of my kids with this roll recently and the pictures are unbelievable. There's probably a limited population of us now but I still consider these better than digitals.

It protedcted very well when I recieved it. And This is an awesome product for a film camera. I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've learned darkroom techniques at a time when many folks are shutting down labs and converting to digital. I like the quality of the image that black-and-white film captures, and this Kodak film is perfect for the outdoor work of urban scenes that I like to capture at different times of the day.

I don't want to talk much about the film's quality, cause I'm not a professional. The shipment is really fast and the films are carefully protected.