Rendering profile
- Sharpness
- medium
- Tags
- classic, documentary, gritty
- Best use cases
- street photography, reportage, available light portraits
Film stock wiki
Kodak Tri-X 400
Kodak Tri-X 400 is a classic black-and-white film known for strong tonality, visible grain, and documentary character.
Key specs
- Brand
- Kodak
- Model
- Tri-X 400
- ISO
- 400
- Process
- BW
- Formats
- 135, 120
- Production status
- In production
Grain
pronounced
Contrast
medium-high
Saturation
monochrome
Latitude
wide
Technical details
- Film base
- acetate
- Push/pull
- Commonly pushed for contrast and speed.
Handling notes
- Exposure
- Handles imperfect exposure well.
- Development
- Developer choice strongly affects contrast and grain.
- Scanning
- Set black and white points carefully to preserve shadow detail.
Profile notes
Tri-X 400 is one of the reference black-and-white stocks for reportage, street photography, portraiture, and available-light work. It has a more assertive grain and contrast profile than many modern tabular-grain films.
Aliases
Tri-X400TX
Related stocks
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Kodak T-Max 400
Kodak T-Max 400 (TMY-2) is a professional ISO 400 black-and-white T-grain negative film offering best-in-class combination of fine grain, high sharpness, and wide exposure latitude at ISO 400, available in 135 and 120.
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Kodak 5222
Kodak 5222 Double-X is a classic panchromatic black-and-white cine negative film rated ISO 250 (daylight) / 200 (tungsten), known for its rich contrast, wide tonal range, and distinctive gritty grain — a staple of Hollywood cinematography for decades.
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Kodak T-Max 100
Kodak T-Max 100 (TMX) is a professional ISO 100 black-and-white T-grain negative film celebrated for its extremely fine grain, high sharpness, and wide tonal range — one of the finest-grained B&W films available in 135 and 120.