Arguably the most famous black and white film of our time has to be Kodak Tri-x 400; it's been with photojournalists for years and years. These days though, most folks can't tell the difference between Kodak Tri-x 400 and so many other emulsions on the market.
Despite this, it's still the most popular black and white film currently available with the highest possibility of never going discontinued. . thephoblographer.com
We're sorry. Last year, we issued a challenge to our readers to see if they could tell the difference between film and digital. Specifically, we asked readers to see if they could tell the difference between Kodak Tri-X and the Leica M10 Monochrom.
With digital photography, it's become more accessible for folks to make their images look like film. Presets are great for this. But it gets a lot more complicated with black and white. I've rarely heard someone say, "Dem tones," to a black and white photograph.
Many of you know that we've always had an affinity for film. It's important that we don't forget about this tool in photography. Truly, film is something that helps unite passionate photographers everywhere.
It seems almost inconceivable that the attack on the Twin Towers occurred 18 years ago, given the fact that many of us still remember everything that happened on that fateful Tuesday morning so vividly as if it had just transpired.
It started with Kodak teasing the new Kodak TMax P3200 on Instagram and Twitter--much unlike Ektachrome, Kodak TMax P3200 is actually real and you can buy it immediately. Indeed, they brought it back from the dead as the black and white film world was severely lacking in any sort of variety when it came to high ISO black and white films.
If you're a photographer that only recently got into film, you'll need to understand a number of things about Kodak. The once mighty company still makes and manufactures film but their coffers are nowhere as large as they used to be.
While I really do enjoy the look of Kodak Tri-X 400, almost nothing in black and white has made me drool like Ilford Delta 400. Ilford Delta 400 I always felt delivered those inky, beautiful black levels that I've alway been smitten with.