Film Format: 120/220 Film Colour & Type: Black & White ISO: 100 Grain: Fine Contrast: Normal Colour Balance: Not Applicable Exposure Latitude: Wide / Very Wide Latitude DX Coding: Yes Film Development Process: Black and White Perfect for: 🎓 Beginners, 🧳 Travel, and 🚦 Street Photography
Description
Kentmere Pan100 is a great starter-film at low speed for people trying 120 film photography for the first time. Fantastic value but giving great results in a variety of lighting situations, and forgiving in development.
Similar to it's 400-speed sibling, Kentmere 100 is characterised by soft backing that allows for easy scanning as the negatives lie flat, and the resulting images will have medium contrast and fine grain.
Its ISO 100 speed makes Kentmere Pan 100 suitable for a wide variety of subjects where good lighting conditions are available, both outdoor or indoor with controlled / studio lighting. Drawing many attributes from ILFORD stocks such as FP4, Kentmere Pan 100’s price point, coupled with its wide and forgiving exposure latitude, make it an ideal film for those new or returning to film photography as well as students and budget conscious photographers.
For loads more information (and sample photos) check out the video on Kentmere 100 below! Based on Kentmere Pan100 35mm, but the points all apply to Kentmere in medium format 😊
Kentmere was a small black-and-white film manufacturer based in the Lake District for many years. It was acquired by Ilford's parent company in 2007, who consolidated production in their Mobberly plant. The brand exists as a more-affordable alternative to Ilford, with the same quality and consistency of production but with savings made in the emulsion chemicals.
Sample photos (c) Matt Parry
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This is now my favourite film for pinhole photography - it produces really crisp, contrasty images that scan really well. I have used Kentmere 100 in an Ondu 6x9 mutliformat, a ReallySo Subtle 6x9f and a Mia Mezzaluna 6x6 and got really pleasing results in all situations.
I have also used it for some outdoor portraits and again, it performs well as long as it has enough light to work with. Easily to best value-for-money 120 film for monochrome around at the moment.
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Dave W. (Elland, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Landscapes, Street Photography, Travel
Kentmere film has never been high on my agenda but I was recently gifted a roll and liked it so much I bought more. I’ve developed it in Euro HC(b) and also PyrocatHD and enjoyed the results very much. I sense it’s a film that benefits from the right developer and development time. These sample images were all made in a Rolleicord and developed in EuroHC. I’ve since used several more rolls and Kentmere 100 is now on my daily carry list.
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Peter B. (Leeds, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Beginners, Portraits, Landscapes, Street Photography, Travel
Accreditation Handles:Peter B
Great Results and Great Value
I love both the image quality and the price of Kentmere 100 (in 120).
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Filmic (Crewe, GB)
Perfect for:Great All-Rounder, Portraits, Landscapes, Travel, Studio work
Accreditation Handles:come_armageddon
Good value for the price
This is a good film for the price, especially given that budgets are tight these days. I found the film itself a bit flimsy, so could be a bit tricky in the darkroom, but the images are good and it definitely does the job. It's no FP4, but when you're prioritising being able to photograph with a bit more freedom and you don't want to obsess over the cost, this is the B+W film to go for.
Yes it's a cheap film but for the money you can't complain; it does exactly what it says on the tin! Other films are better but not twice the money better so for trying new techniques, trying out home development or just shooting without the burden of an expensive film this film is perfect!
