Picked it up from Hong Kong for super cheap and it does not disappoint. Think you should probably buy Kentmare given the UK price but regardless it is a great detailed and rich film

This is my first time using this film - it certainly won't be my last. The high contrast makes for exciting and compelling images, while detail and sharpness is retained. The two shots here were taken on a bright sunny day. It will be interesting to see the results in other lighting, and in more urban subject matter - portraits too. the scans shown are without any post-processing. I am really looking forward to working some more with this film.

Its a fine film but I don't think it's worth the asking price. I think you could get the same look with Rollei 400s but pushing the development time.

Although marketed for high contrast at its box speed of 400, I opted to pull it to ASA200, developing the film in Ilford DD-X, dilution 1:4 for six minutes at 20 deg C, agitation 10 secs/minute. The camera was a hand held Mamiya 1000S.I figured I could post process it to higher contrast if I wished, and I wanted to see what the potential tonal range was.
Exposure was by multi spot metering on a bright sunny day, just to make for a challenge!
The negs were converted to digital files with a Canon macro lens and converted to positives using Grain2Pixel software.
The images are quite contrasty with deep blacks, but generally seemed to hold highlights well. In the conditions, there was a minimal amount of clipping on most images both in highlights and shadows - it was a very bright day!
Grain is little in evidence and the film is quite sharp. There was a certain amount of curl on the film but not excessive, and the film base is clear.
In conclusion, where high contrast images are sought, this film works well. I could see it as a choice for landscape and architecture when a darker, moodier feel to the images is sought. It is fussy about exposure

Here's another shot

I like the results I got from this film. Huge contrast and grain, which I expected.

I thought this film was nice and rich with a great level of contrast. Portraits look nice too as the grain is quite fine.

A repackaged Orwo film, probably designed for aerial photography sold as 'street'. Not for professional use, not for creative use and definitely not for street use. Expensive and highly disappointing. Do not go near. You have been warned!

Love the tonal range on this film. Excellent for street photography as well landscapes

JCH StreetPan is often described as "contrasty", but in my experience what it really means is that Zones II and III can quickly collapse into Zone I (to use technical terminology), or that shadows "fade to black" (to use Metallica terminology). My personal preference is to have a wider range of tones on my negatives, and then if I want deeper shadows I can print (in the darkroom) or edit (in Photoshop) accordingly. But you don't shoot StreetPan for smooth mid-tones and rich shadow detail, you can buy Ilford FP4 for that. You shoot StreetPan for its distinctive look and for the inherent coolness of shooting on surveillance film, so it would be unfair to criticise the emulsion for not being something it never set out or purported to be. At some point I'd like to over-expose it by one stop and see if I get more shadow detail. For now, my main gripe with the film is that it's very curly, making it hard to load onto a dev tank spiral or scan afterwards.

(Sample photos shot on a Mamiya 645 Pro with Mamiya Sekor C 80mm f1.9, and developed at home in D-76 1+1.)

If I had to use a word to describe the output of this film, it would be that "it has bite". I really quite like the results when scanned and detailed contrast seems to pop nicely. The grain at 120 isn't as pronounced and for a 400 speed film, I do think it's quite sharp.

Dynamic range isn't great, although I did under-expose one shot and was able to recover quite nicely (Lightroom) and if your scene has a lot of detailed contrast (woods for example) I think it gives really ncie results. Big landscapes though where you don't have grads to bring the sky down might be disappointing (I know mine was).

The curl is pretty bad and had me swearing trying to get it into the scanner.

Overall, it's a nice film in flat light. It's pricey though and doesn't have the versatility of HP5 or Tri-X. If it turned up in my Christmas stockign I wouldn't be unhappy, but I can't see me forking out for a roll when I can get 2 rolls of HP5.

6.5/10, 8 in flat light but 5 in big dynamic range images.

This film is super contrasty and quite punchy, a nice change but wouldn't shoot it all the time.

The negatives are EXTREMELY CURVY which for me, makes it very hard to scan.

I’ll be leaving reviews throughout the website with pictures for full frame scans, so if you’re like me who loves to see the entire image and border, you can see what the results will be like.

I really like Streetpan. High contrast and deep blacks, it’s great for street photography.

Repackaged film, sold for a steep price tag for B&W film, but results were rather mediocre.

Shooting this in my Holga was probably not my best plan. It is a dark film with very little detail in the shadows and the Holga just wasn't able to bring out the best in it. I've shot a roll of 35mm though and found it a very nice film. I'm sure in the right medium format camera it would be great.