Kodak has announced a new and improved version of its Tmax-400 film, claiming it to be the sharpest 400 speed film in the world. According to Kodak the emulsion has been altered to minimize light scatter, which reduces sharpness, and a UV layer has been added to medium-format and 35mm rolls to prevent accidental exposure to static inside the camera.

I’ve never been much of a Tmax user myself, but more important is the fact that Kodak has actually made an improvement to one of its black and white films. Granted this is nothing major, a change in the emulsion to improve grain structure and sharpness, but the effort is there none the less. Personally I hope this is not the beginning of a trend by Kodak. Something tells me if they start mucking around with the Tri-x emulsion, they’ll only screw things up.

Regardless, in a photography world dominated by digital, perhaps there is some hope for the purist that craves grain over pixels.

Source: http://www.popphoto.com/photonews/

Tags: Art And Photography, film, kodak