Tmax 100 vs Tmax 400

[jrshupper]

I am looking for some advice about these 2 films. I had been using Fuji Acros 100 Quickloads for a long time, and have unfortunately run out of them. I am about to go to Acadia Maine to shoot that beautiful place again. I want to take just 1 film (and cut film holders now!!!). I will be photographing in all sorts of light and times of day of course. Is there that much difference between these 2 films??

Thanks in advance to all.

John Shuptrine

www.johnshuptrine.com

[dentkimterry]

Why not keep using Acros since you know it well? It's available in 4x5 sheets.

Terry

[jrshupper]

Thanks Terry---I want to try something new I guess. I must say however, that Fuji Acros is a wonderful film!

John

www.johnshuptrine.com

[Gem Singer]

Fuji Acros 100 and T-Max 100 are very similar films.

If you want to try something new, try the new T-max 400.

[memorris]

The main differences between TMax 100 and 400 is that the 400 is a bit more contrasty and it does not respond quite as well to + and minus development adjustments. I use it frequently but tend to fall back to 100 because it is a bit easier to control.

[Jay DeFehr]

For me, the biggest differences between Acros and TMX are spectral sensitivity (Acros is orthopan, and TMX is extended red), and reciprocity. Acros requires no adjustment up to 20 seconds. Amazing. As good as these films are, TMY-2 is king, and the best all-purpose film ever made, in my opinion.

[jnantz]

if you are doing any sort of bright light / uv light source printing
i would use tmy. tmx, even if not using it for uv / alternative process printing
can give you long exposure times.

i have a series of portraits i took same time of day same camera, souped at the same time ...
and printed out side by side. the contact prints/ proofs were made with ilford rc paper and a 300watt bulb.
the tmx film took between 100 and 120 seconds / print
the tmy took between 3 and 5 seconds / print.

if i had to choose between tmax 100 and 400, i would not hesitate and pick tmy 400.

[Jim Noel]

TMY has a built in UV filter which makes printing times for most alt processes inordinately long, or causes them to not print at all.

[Bruce Watson]

... TMY-2 is king, and the best all-purpose film ever made, in my opinion.

+1. When I got TMY-2 dialed in, I quit using all other B&W films. No point in carting them around if you aren't going to use them.

[Oren Grad]

TMY has a built in UV filter which makes printing times for most alt processes inordinately long, or causes them to not print at all.

Other way around - it's TMX (T-Max 100) that has the UV block.