New film: Kentmere 200 (135 + 120)

ChrisPlatt said:
I tried Fomapan 200 when it was first introduced.
Quality control issues ruined some of my negatives.
Perhaps they straightened that out, but they had already lost my business.

For an ~ ISO 200 BW film I have used Eastman 5222 with good results.
As it became very popular price for this film has increased dramatically.

I am happy to try an ISO 200 film made by Harman at a reduced price.
And the increased contrast promised may be the icing on the cake...

Chris
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I am so happy I bought plenty of Eastman 5222 still at old prices. Now my freezer is full of this, but also ORWO UN 54 and UN74+ (all in bulk). I won’t need to buy any 35mm BW next 10-15 years.
 
Sanug said:
I am very curious how Kentmere 200 will compare with Double-X (Eastman 5222).
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It will be alot cheaper

It will not have the mystery connotations of 5222
And as such it will not have the mysterious prestige when you use the new Ilford offering.

As its meant for normal photography, it will have GOOD manufacturing support in terms of developing it at home.
 
Yesterday I shot and developed a roll K200 135. Good sharpness and contrast, visible fine grain, but it shows heavy halations, worse than Kentmere 400. Scans will be done soon.

Additionally I made some wet prints from the 120 film. They look pretty good and will be scanned as well.

Here the 135 film on the light table.

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Sanug:

"I developed successfully a Kentmere 200-120 in Adox XT-3, 1+2, 13 Min.."

Same development was used for the 135 film?

Chris
 
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Interesting results. As you say halation is more noticeable with the 35mm negatives, likely because the images contain more point sources of light.

Does Harman use a reduced antihalation layer on Kentmere films for a more vintage look, to allow a lower price, or to distinguish them from Ilford films?

Chris
 
ChrisPlatt said:
Interesting results. As you say halation is more noticeable with the 35mm negatives, likely because the images contain more point sources of light.

Does Harman use a reduced antihalation layer on Kentmere films for a more vintage look, to allow a lower price, or to distinguish them from Ilford films?

Chris
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I can’t say exactly why Ilford does it, but the synthetic compounds in the antihalation layer are many times more expensive per mass than silver.
 
I like Kentmere 200 and I am very lucky to have ordered it as soon as it became available in Germany. It was quickly sold out.

Now, nearly no shop in Germany has Kentmere 200 on stock. I am surprised about it. How is the situation in other countries? Is it available or not, e.g in the USA, in the UK or in Switzerland? Any idea why it is not available in Germany?
 
Sanug said:
Now, nearly no shop in Germany has Kentmere 200 on stock. I am surprised about it. How is the situation in other countries? Is it available or not, e.g in the USA, in the UK or in Switzerland? Any idea why it is not available in Germany?
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Live in Sweden but do buy a lot from Germany and sometimes Spain.
Up here it's backordered. Sometimes its listed price equals FP4/HP5 or even Delta, depending on the distributor stock and exchange rate timing. This summer there has been a price decrease on Ilford Harman films here.

Methinks they released the first production batch and the demand just scooped it up. Same happened when K100 & 400, as well as Kodak Gold, were released in 120.

There is some availability in Spain. Also peculiar that some stores do not have it listed despite stocking K100+K400 and/or they have began doing it while backordered. This is though a personal observation in 4-5 labs and stores online.
 
I checked again today. B&H has no Kentmere 200 in 120 rolls; only 135-24 rolls.
Freestyle too is sold out of the 120. They have 135-24; 135-36 is listed as low stock.

Chris
 
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