I think it is very nice stuff. I'm looking forward to seeing what others are doing with it.
I shot the first of the five rolls I got from the Film Photography Project in my Mamiya C330. Processing was in PMK Pyro for ten minutes at 75F.
I'll likely give the 400 speed version a try soon and I'm also looking forward to using Kentmere 120 for some pinhole work.
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I'm not shooting 120 anymore, of course, but I'm so glad the Kentmeres have been made available for those who do. It's a (relatively) great value in 35mm format.
The medium format seems to be the same as the 35mm, which I think is equal to anything out there if processed properly.
You are not shooting 120?
These images show what this film is capable of when well exposed and processed. Now I'm eager to try this film.
I'm looking forward to seeing what can be done with this film with a variety of developers, though I think it is hard to beat Rick Drawbridge's strategy of PMK Pyro with minimal agitation.
Pics look great! I’ve been using the 35mm version in both speeds for a little while and am very happy with the results. Now I’ve finally got back into home devving I’m hoping it does well in caffenol (I have some 120 coming for xmas apparently, so look forward to trying both the film and how it comes out in the home-brew. Great blog btw. I’ve followed it for some time, though this is the first time commenting. Please keep up the good work! Take care.
Ralph, thanks for contributing to the conversation. Caffenol is high on my list to try with this film, so hope you will let us know how that goes.
Will do, Mike. It may take a little while as my output is a little sporadic. My experience with caffenol is limited (I have only just home devved my first roll for about 25 years (luckily I kept hold of of the necessary kit in the attic) and my first ever in caffenol. Had I researched properly I might also have used a more appropriate recipe for it (HP5+ in a mix without any potassium bromide to reduce/prevent base fog). Luckily, once the negs were scanned they came out remarkably well, needing little adjustment at the editing stage beyond the basics. One happy chappy. Anyway, I digress. As soon as I’ve put a roll of Kentmere through a more appropriate mix, I’ll let you know how it goes.
PS I’ve only been back into film for about 3 years and up until very recently I’d been quite happily avoiding getting involved in the wet stuff by having my film processed in Xtol at a very good lab. Sadly, they went to the wall. With that and the ever increasing cost of sending film off, I decided to “grab the bull by the horns” so to speak. I’m now rather glad that I did. Anyway, sorry for the ramble ☺️
I've had very little experience with caffenol, but am looking forward to seeing how it performs with Kentmere. Becky Ramotowski (astrobeck) uses it for nearly everything and has produced consistently nice results. You can find her recipe if you do a search on my blog for "caffenol".
Ok, thanks Mike.
Btw if you’re vaguely interested, you can find me on Grainery (#faffytee) or I have a fairly basic site on Wordpress.
Thanks, I had not heard about the Grainery site before. If you will provide your Wordpress address I will add it to the list on my blog.
That’s a very generous offer, Sir, thank you. It’s somewhat ‘agricultural’ by most standards, just the freebie arrangement they give you. I may at some point subscribe to Wordpress fully, but it serves its purpose. I’m not the most savvy in these matters. As yet I haven’t got a “links” section as yet but as soon as I’ve sorted it, I’ll repay the courtesy. Thanks again.
https://faffysfotos.wordpress.com/
I believe I have some of this in 35mm format in my Christmas stocking. I hope...based on your results!
I think Kentmere can't be beat on the bang-for-the-buck scale. Look forward to seeing what you do with it.
Nice negatives,indeed. I'm still happy with Tri-X, but I'll keep this Kentmere in mind. Your Mamiya may have helped with the excellent output.
Hey, Mike. I’ve a small update to the Kentmere in Caffenol ‘adventure’. I tried some 400 asa in a slightly modified recipe to that which I used last time on HP5+. On that occasion I did get good, useable images but with a fair bit of base fog. This time I used the same mix ratio as last time but a tiny amount of potassium bromide to try and restrain the process a little. Well, restrain it, it did, and the base fog was gone….but sadly to the extent that the film was grossly under developed. Even the frame numbers more or less disappeared. There are one or two frames that may yield some sort of image (there are some faintly visible frames). When I checked the numbers against recipes shown in the Caffenol Cookbook, the mix I had was closer to a stand dev type. I reckon I used far too little soda for a mix with potassium bromide in it 🙄. Maybe if I’d left for an hour rather than 10 minutes there may have been a bit more of an image there lol. I’ll try a recipe with rather more soda in next time (as they recommend) and keep you posted if you like on whether things improve (this all assumes I didn’t make a blunder during processing, of course). As they say, onward and upward.
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