Hi,(posted 8238 days ago)I greatly prefer the 'older' films to the new ones, like T-max. T- max is just too darn finicky and, to my eye, offers no advantages to Tri-X. For Tri-X I like using either HC-110 or Xtol as developers.
Certainly nothing wrong with Plus-X or Ver. Pan.
FP-4 works well if you like a slower film with the Panatomix- X 'look'. It's a very nice product. As mentioned it does well with Rodinal. It also does very nicely with FG-7 (NO sulfite, please. It just smears the grain!)
Whatever happened to Kodachrome 25?! I had last used this film in the 60's and 70's. It was a gorgeous product. Razor sharp. Exquisitely accurate colors. I tried it out recently and the results were very disappointing. I guess Kodak has changed the formula and somehow cheapened the product.
Best of luck, Howard