{"id":796,"date":"2018-10-24T07:05:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T11:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/ccrfrb-review-27-kodak-tmax-p3200\/"},"modified":"2023-02-14T09:50:17","modified_gmt":"2023-02-14T14:50:17","slug":"ccrfrb-review-27-kodak-tmax-p3200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/24\/ccrfrb-review-27-kodak-tmax-p3200\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Review Blog No. 27 – Kodak TMax P3200"},"content":{"rendered":"

The reintroduction of TMax P3200 had a bit of a polarizing effect on the film photography community. Many welcomed it back, seeing this as a positive step for Kodak, a teaser before they get the new Ektachrome back on shelves and in cameras. Others were rather derisive on the move, decrying it wanting films like Plus-X back before a high-speed film because we still have Ilford Delta 3200 and it comes in Medium Format as well! I took a more balanced approach, I’ve only really shot high-speed films a few times, but I figured hey, might as well give it a go. I had shot some P3200 back in 2013<\/a> and was none too pleased with the results. But now, having fully fleshed out the film, I’m rather pleased with it.<\/p>\n

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Film Specs<\/strong>
\nType: Panchromatic B&W
\nFilm Base: Acetate
\nFilm Speed: ASA-3200, Latitude:
\nFormats Avaliable: 35mm<\/p>\n

Roll 01 – Kodak HC-110<\/strong>
\nI do have to say I’m rather surprised at how well the film turned out, giving the rather big pull. The grain is reasonable given all the circumstances. While there’s still a decent amount of grain, it’s pleasing in the sense that it shows that the film still maintains a level of sharpness for a native 3200-speed film. Even with a two stop pull, you get the same tonal range and contrast but that might have the help of HC-110. It shows the latitude of the film both above and below the box speed.<\/p>\n

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Technical Details:
\nNikon F5 – AF DC-Nikkor 105mm 1:2D – Kodak TMax P3200 @ ASA-800
\nKodak HC-110 Dil. B 8:30 @ 20C<\/em><\/p>\n

Roll 02 – Ilford Microphen<\/strong>
\nBy far my favourite from the lot, everything you want in a T-Grained film is here, sharpness, pleasing grain, contrast, and tone. With a single stop pull, the film transformed entirely, I actually think the native box speed for P3200 is ASA-1600 looking at these results, heck, the negatives look printable in a darkroom. Probably nothing bigger than say 5×7, but still the results are pretty awesome. And considering I shot these under several different lighting conditions and the results are pretty much constant across the board. We have a winner here.<\/p>\n

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Technical Details:
\nNikon F90 – AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4D – Kodak TMax P3200 @ ASA-1600
\nIlford Microphen (Stock) 10:30 @ 20C<\/em><\/p>\n

Roll 03 – Kodak TMax Developer<\/strong>
\nThe first thought through my brain when I scanned in the film was ‘would you look at that grain’ oh yeah, but there was no really stopping the grain, but then as I kept moving I noted how sharp the film was even with the grain, it just looked good! And that’s saying something because I was shooting in many cases in really weird lighting conditions. Churches, specifically, the big cathedrals in Quebec aren’t exactly the best for handheld shooting. Yet, I was getting amazing images despite everything, sharp, tonal range is spot on, and an amazing contrast!<\/p>\n

\"Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours<\/a>\"Mary,<\/a>\"Notre-Dame<\/a>\"Peel<\/a><\/p>\n

Techincal Details:
\nNikon F5 – AF Nikkor 35mm 1:2D – Kodak TMax P3200 @ ASA-3200
\nKodak TMax Developer (1+4) 9:30 @ 20C<\/em><\/p>\n

Roll 04 – Kodak D-76<\/strong>
\nThere’s ugly and then there’s ugly, I honestly don’t know what I was thinking D-76 is not exactly the best choice for pushing a film, but sometimes you have to just give it ago. Yet, I found that as I moved through the images I embraced the grain, accepted the dense negatives. I mean what else could you do. While I wasn’t exactly shooting in the best conditions either so there’s a very black and white feel to many of these images. So no, D-76 and pushing the film is probably not your best option, but it might do better if you pulled the film.<\/p>\n

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Technical Details:
\nNikon F5 – AF-S Nikkor 14-24mm 1:2.8G – Kodak TMax P3200 @ ASA-6400
\nKodak D-76 (Stock) 15:30 @ 20C<\/em><\/p>\n

Final Thoughts<\/strong>
\nFilms faster that ASA-400 don’t sit too well with me, but then again if I’m shooting in low light I’m normally using a tripod, however, after shooting through these four rolls I could see myself getting a roll to shoot at a wedding either at 1600 or 3200 my two favourite speeds for the film. And while yes, there’s always Delta 3200, I like to make sure to spread the love around and support all my favourite film manufactures. And if I needed to do some Medium Format work with high-speed films, then I’ll always have Delta! Thankfully, Kodak spread the net wide and P3200 is avalible through all your favourite online and physical camera shops!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The reintroduction of TMax P3200 had a bit of a polarizing effect on the film photography community. Many welcomed it back, seeing this as a positive step for Kodak, a teaser before they get the new Ektachrome back on shelves and in cameras. Others were rather derisive on the move, decrying it wanting films like Plus-X back before a high-speed film because we still have Ilford Delta 3200 and it comes in Medium Format as well! I took a more balanced approach, I’ve only really shot high-speed films a few times, but I figured hey, might as well give it a go. I had shotRead More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[22,860,73,74,28,306,999,545,82,449,20,29,546,75,458,83],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3191,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions\/3191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}