Kentmere 400, latest samples

paulfish4570

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Tmax 1-4, 6 minutes, 68F:

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on my monitor (Acer LCD el-cheapo) the highlights are blown, probably my monitor though. Otherwise I like the grain I see, pretty similar to Tri-X to my eyes.

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I think it might be a bit grainier than Tri-X. It sure is cheaper. The oar/paddle shot was a stop or so over-exposed. Some of the highlights skirt on the edge of blown ...
 
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bruce, i don't know about hc-110 for kentmere. i've not done kentmere in a year or two. i am using hc-110 now for trix and hp5. when kentmere 135 36 exp cost went over that of tri-x (ap 400) and hp5, i stopped using it. haempe here is messinf with kentmere 400. you might check with him ...
 

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Bruce, I have been developing kentmere in hc110b, using a chart I found somewhere. It does not take long, I believe 5 min at 20C.

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#5 has no detail in the sky in my monitor.

i've been bulk loading K400 for some time now. i just finished my 2nd box. i used it because it's cheaper. right now the price of kentmere bulk is the same price of 400TX bulk two years ago. the ones that i've developed were using D-76 and SPD (EI400, stock, [email protected]). haven't scanned anything though.
 

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Thanks for sharing, Paul.
More grain than I expected at box speed in TMax.
The K400 seems a bit sensitive with overexposing.
Mixed Adox MQ today, curious how it proposes to.
 

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Just goes to show the usual... that you need more than one or two rolls of a certain film to get it down. You always have to find your own agitation and time with a developer. I bet these would be nice as wet prints.

If it had said "Tri-X" on the can, I bet people would just cheer and say "good honest grain". :)
 

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#5 has no detail in the sky in my monitor.

i've been bulk loading K400 for some time now. i just finished my 2nd box. i used it because it's cheaper. right now the price of kentmere bulk is the same price of 400TX bulk two years ago. the ones that i've developed were using D-76 and SPD (EI400, stock, [email protected]). haven't scanned anything though.

The sky looks milky - perhaps there was no detail to be captured?

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guys, these are old shots. almost two years old. i don't remember much about them accept they were shot in high summer, which is just about guaranteed to give you a featureless sky in alabama ... :)
 

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This thread has been inactive for quite a while, but rather than start a brand new one, I thought I'd revive this one since I just started a bulk roll of Kentmere Pan 400. This is my first time trying the film. Some people think it's the same as Ultrafine eXtreme 400, but I wanted to compare for myself. More samples to come!

Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Kentmere Pan 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


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Any view yet whether you think it is the same as Ultrafine eXtreme 400?

Too early for me to say, as I'm only one roll into 100-feet of Kentmere Pan 400. Never tried Kentmere before this, and it usually takes me about 4-5 rolls to get a feel for a new film and its results based on how I shoot and process. Here's another from that first roll. Maybe you can draw some of your own conclusions from the image samples. ;)

Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Kentmere Pan 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes.


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