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Kodak T-Max 400 vs Ilford HP5+

What the catalogue holds about each, and the times they share. A dash means a figure has not been read off a datasheet — nothing here is estimated.

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Specification side by side

Film Kodak T-Max 400 Kodak T-Max 400 Ilford HP5+ Ilford HP5+
Maker Kodak Ilford
ISO 400 400
Type B&W negative B&W negative
Process B&W B&W
Status In production In production
Formats — —
Grain (RMS) — —
Resolving power — —
Latitude — —
First released 2008 1989
Reciprocity data No Yes
Published times 267 124

Developers in common

Each film’s time at its own box speed in the same developer, at the same dilution and temperature. Every time opens the full table for that film in that developer.

ADOX FX-39 Type II
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
1+9 · 20 °C 10:00 14:00
Fomadon Excel W27
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
stock · 20 °C 6:30 8:00
Fomadon LQN
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
1+10 · 20 °C 12:00 9:00
Fomadon P
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
stock · 20 °C 11:00 12:00
1+1 · 20 °C 19:00 16:00
Ilford ID-11
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
stock · 20 °C 7:00 7:30
1+1 · 20 °C 10:00 13:00
1+3 · 20 °C 15:00 20:00
Ilford Microphen
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
stock · 20 °C 7:00 6:30
1+1 · 20 °C 10:00 12:00
1+3 · 20 °C 15:00 23:00
Kodak D-76
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
stock · 20 °C 7:30 7:30
1+1 · 20 °C 10:15 11:00
Kodak HC-110
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
Dilution B (1+31) · 20 °C 5:30 5:00
Kodak T-Max Developer
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
1+4 · 20 °C 6:45 6:30
Kodak XTOL
Dilution · °C T-Max 400 EI 400 Ilford HP5+ EI 400
stock · 20 °C 6:30 8:00
stock · 24 °C 5:15 7:30
1+1 · 20 °C 9:15 12:00

Also with a box-speed time for each film, but not at a shared dilution and temperature: Fomadon R09, Kodak T-Max RS.