There are different ways to over expose film. A common way if you lab develop your film is to meter the film in camera at say ISO 200 and then ask you lab to develop the film as normal. For Kentmere 400 this would be at ISO 400 giving a +1 stop over exposure (as you metered at ISo 200)(thereby giving the camera +1 stops of extra light on each image). Stop and fix as normal (I used Ilfostop for 1 minute, then RapidFix for 5 minutes, then wash and hit with some PhotoFlo for a minute or so We shot the first roll at box speed, the second roll at 800 with a +1 stop push, and the third roll at 3200 with a +3 stop push. Kentmere Pan 400 is panchromatically sensitised and can be processed in a wide range of different developers using spiral tanks, deep tanks, and automatic processors. The characteristics of the film are much the same as they are for the 35mm equivalent versions. Kentmere 100 will have finer grain and higher contrast and sharpness while the 400 edition will own the grainier end of the spectrum and lower contrast. Kentmere 100:

Absolutely minimal digital corrections were made for the minimally fogged UN54 vs Kentmere 100. A bit more corrections were needed on the really fogged N74 plus. Below you will find 1200px versions of my digitisations (entire frame, resized from the original appx. 6,000x4000px TIFFs) as well as 100% crops at 1200px wide. I developed the film myself with Ilford DDX. I followed the one shot development instructions. I did not push or pull the film during the developing process. There are development instructions to push Kentmere 400 two stops.Also, I tried some shots outside at night. A Night Shot Final Thoughts on Pushing Kentmere Pan 400 to 3200 Next, you may just want to use my numbers here for scannability. These are based on how flat these films were able to lie for me when I scanned them. Phew! That was a lot of work. So with the blind test out of the way, now comes the big reveal. Here are the film names associated to their letters:

Kentmere 400 is a budget film from Ilford. It is a reliable film at a low cost and makes a great starting point for beginners. Ilford have also recently brought out an affordable plastic camera. Basically a disposable, but that you can reload. And they give you a couple of rolls of Kentmere to get you started. So, for our Kentmere Pan 400 film review, we put a roll of 35mm in our Harman Reusable Camera and took it out around South London. Kentmere offers a more classic look from being less perfect (vs. TMax), having more visible grain and lower contrast. Kodak TMax 400 is very modern and smooth looking from the fine T-grain structure. T-Max 400 is the best 400 speed film, especially in 35mm film format in terms of resolving power and look for my taste. That said TMax is so perfect it can look almost digital especially in 120 film format. I do quite like the classic look of film photography so Kentmere 400 will suit my needs in many instances and especially for low light. More Kentmere sample photos I ended up being really happy with the results. The combination of grain and muddy tones gave my images quite a timeless aesthetic. There was a wonderful rendering of the shadows, especially when directly contrasted with bright light. For example in the shot of the dancer (first image in this post) the sheer darkness of his silhouetted face against the sky, which is what I exposed for, is wonderful, and all of the other shades of grey are not invasive enough to spoil this point of interest in the frame.So when Harman do make films for non-Ilford brands, such as Kentmere and Oriental, they really are making films for them and not just sending them stuff they were already producing anyway. If there’s a photography shop near you that sells film, it’s very possible they’ll have Kentmere 400. Remember, it was first produced for the US market and rolled out worldwide afterwards. Kentmere Pan 100 & Kentmere Pan 400 are not considered to be ‘professional’ film, but can still produce professional level results. We shot three rolls of each to get a feel for Ilford’s newest, budget friendly 120. After the stop bath, the film needs to go through a fixing process. Fixing is crucial as it removes the unexposed silver halides from the film, making the film’s image permanent and insensitive to further exposure of light. The ILFORD Fixer is a rapid fixer that can be used in this process.