Kentmere Pan 100

[ChrisPlatt]

I bought some Kentmere Pan 100. I hope it will work well as my new cheap medium speed 35mm BW film.
I expect to expose most of it at EI 200, my most often used speed. I read that this film pushes fairly well.

If anyone has tried this film please post example images in this thread, exposed at box speed and pushed.

TIA,
Chris

 

[Sanug]

Kentmere 100 is very good at ISO 200 if you wet print. At box speed it comes too flat for me.

Here are some samples. Developed with Adox XT-3, 1+2, 16 Min.. Scanned silver gelatine prints. Sorry, I have no sample at box speed.

The low side of the Kentmere films is the missing anti halation layer. But Kentmere 100 is still my most used material, and I like it.

 

[Shab]

I like this film... here you have some pictures I made with it:

M5 + VM 35mm 1.7 Ultron:





OM-1 + Zuikos:

 

[ChrisPlatt]

Freestyle's page for Arista EDU DX 100 states that film is made in UK.
The development times they list are identical to Kentmere Pan 100.
Does anyone know if these are the same film in different packaging?

Chris

 

[Freakscene]

I like this film... here you have some pictures I made with it:

M5 + VM 35mm 1.7 Ultron:

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OM-1 + Zuikos:

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That last one is gorgeous @Shab

 

[Derek Leath]

I use this film, I really like the 120 version

 

[ellisson]

Does anyone else shoot this film at different ISO than 100? I'm interested in trying some.

 

[Muggins]

Does anyone else shoot this film at different ISO than 100? I'm interested in trying some.

Coincidentally I shot a roll at 200 (more accident than design, tbh) and scanned only yesterday. The negs were quite dense for various technical reasons so the scans are a bit flat, but I think that's more the nut holding the camera tight than the film.

Technical reasons: forgot to adjust speeds from meter set to 200, limited shutter speeds on Agfa Isolette, I'm a muddler, allowedVueScan to set levels.

 

[Mos6502]

I've been using Kentmere 100 since it launched. It appeared about the same time Lucky SHD went off the market. Its main flaw is the lack of an anti-halation layer. This is especially noticeable in 35mm, but much less so in 120.

fence by Berang Berang, on Flickr

If the light is soft, then everything is good.

No Visitors by Berang Berang, on Flickr

Kentmere 100 is probably available under other names as well. Agfa APX has the same development times and the same noticeable lack of an anti-halation layer, and from what I've seen produces identical results. The Arista film mention above is probably also Kentmere. Rollei RPX 100 may possibly be the same but with some sort of anti-halation, as the three rolls I shot were noticeably more contrasty than the Kentmere I'm used to.

Kentmere now makes a 200 ASA film, which I haven't tried yet.