Well Kevin, I'll throw a vote for Tri-X. I agree with so many here who just don't like the look of the Tmax films. It's a good film, technically, but it just looks a little dead to me- mechanical- I think the grain is too uniform.(posted 8147 days ago)Tri-X and Plus-X, on the otherhand are my favorites. I can get very good results that make me happy with Tri-X at ISO's from 50 to 1600, so I carry this as an all purpose film when I don't know what I will encounter. Standard ISO is 320, but I shoot it according to the light. Similarly, Plus-X is my favorite for portraits and lanscapes in good light- and probably my favorite all around film. Shoot it at 100 or 125.
I run film in Rodinol- recently had good results with the adition of sodium ascorbate, as suggest in this forum, but for Tri-X pushed or pulled, I use ID11 (pulled) or Microphen (pushed). As I said, with some tweaking I can get results atISO 50-1600 with grain and tonality that look very similar at all speeds- with very different chemistry, times, and temps. Write if you want some info.