Kodak T-MAX 100 is a fine-grain black-and-white negative film with very high sharpness. Kodak suggests it for detailed subjects and big enlargements, and it needs less correction for long exposures than older films.
Kodak T-MAX 100
ISO 100 black-and-white negative film
Updated
Quick facts
- Brand
- Kodak
- Type
- ISO 100 black-and-white negative film
- Speed
- ISO 100
- Process
- Black-and-white
Specs
- Type
- Black-and-white negative (panchromatic), T-Grain emulsion
- Speed
- ISO 100
- Formats
- 35mm, 120, sheets
- Push
- To EI 400 or 800 with longer developing
- Storage
- At 24 °C (75 °F) or below, in the sealed package. Refrigerate it somewhere hotter.
How to expose it
Latitude: For high-contrast scenes, Kodak suggests 1 or 2 stops of extra exposure with normal developing.
In low light, at ISO 64–100
Kodak’s trial exposures for when a meter struggles with lights and reflections. Use a tripod below 1/30 s, and bracket.
| At home | |
|---|---|
| Home interiors at night, average lighting | 1/4 s f/2.8 |
| Home interiors at night, bright lighting | 1/15 s f/2 |
| Candle-lit close-ups | 1/4 s f/2 |
| Indoor holiday lights and Christmas trees | 1 s f/4 |
| Outdoors at night | |
|---|---|
| Outdoor holiday lights and Christmas trees | 1 s f/4 |
| Brightly lit street scenes | 1/30 s f/2 |
| Neon signs and other lit signs | 1/30 s f/4 |
| Shop windows | 1/30 s f/2.8 |
| People lit by street lights | 1/4 s f/2 |
| Floodlit buildings, fountains and monuments | 1 s f/4 |
| A distant skyline of lit buildings | 4 s f/2.8 |
| A skyline 10 minutes after sunset | 1/30 s f/4 |
| A skyline just after sunset | 1/60 s f/4 |
| Light trails from traffic | 20 s f/16 |
| Fairs and amusement parks | 1/15 s f/2 |
| Fireworks on the ground | 1/30 s f/2.8 |
| Campfires and bonfires | 1/30 s f/2.8 |
| People lit by a campfire | 1/8 s f/2 |
| Night football, tennis or a race track | 1/30 s f/2.8 |
| Landscapes under a full moon | 30 s f/2 |
| Snow under a full moon | 15 s f/2 |
| Indoors in public places | |
|---|---|
| Basketball, bowling and ice hockey | 1/30 s f/2 |
| Boxing and wrestling | 1/60 s f/2 |
| Floodlit stage and ice shows | 1/30 s f/2 |
| Rooms with bright fluorescent light | 1/30 s f/2.8 |
| Indoor pools under tungsten light | 1/15 s f/2 |
| Hospital rooms | 1/30 s f/2 |
| Church interiors under tungsten light | 1 s f/5.6 |
For moonlit scenes, leave the moon out of the frame: it moves during the exposure.
Long exposures
Film gets less sensitive in very long exposures, so a metered 30 seconds can come out underexposed. This is called reciprocity failure. Pick your meter reading to see what to set.
Your meter says
Expose for
12 s
Or keep 8 s and open the aperture ½ stop.
Estimated between Kodak’s published times. Bracket if the shot matters.
Kodak’s figures stop at 100 s. For anything longer, bracket a stop or more either side.
How to develop it
Develop for 6:30 min:sec
- Develop in D-76 for 6:30. Tap the tank to knock off air bubbles, then invert it 5 to 7 times in the first 5 seconds. Repeat that every 30 seconds.
- Stop bath, or running water, with agitation · 0:30
- Rapid fixer, with vigorous agitation · 3:00 to 5:00
- Or another fixer: twice the time it takes the film to clear · 5:00 to 10:00
- Wash in running water · 20:00 to 30:00
- Wetting agent (Photo-Flo)
- Dry somewhere free of dust
Small tank (8 or 16 oz), one or two reels. Times are in minutes and seconds.
External links
Sources
- Kodak T-MAX 100 technical data (F-4016, February 2016), Kodak Alaris
- Suggested Trial Exposures for KODAK Film for Existing-Light (Low-Light) Conditions, Kodak