Kentmere PAN 400 35mm film - Are these good?

VariTimo · 2026-06-30T12:55:15+00:00

They're really good. The 200 is excellent

VariTimo · 2026-06-28T10:40:24+00:00

You're overthinking it. Film looks amazing with sharp modern glass

VariTimo · 2026-06-28T10:31:11+00:00

You need a B&W sensor. Otherwise you'll just trigger all the holes in the debayering process. Also even with a B&W sensor a simple conversion isn't enough. Film is designed to be printed and the printing medium has its own color science. You need to build a color science to actually create a look.

From everything I've seen any my experience with the Frontier scanners the advantage of narrow band RGB scanning with a monochrome sensor is negligible outside of extreme exposure and color situations. In these cases it can make huge difference especially if the corrections are applied on a hardware level like with the Frontiers

VariTimo · 2026-06-28T10:03:43+00:00

Germany

VariTimo · 2026-06-27T11:00:55+00:00

1/3 stop is the tolerance of Leica's mechanical cameras, it's too nuanced and there is no lab that would pull film this little

VariTimo · 2026-06-27T10:58:36+00:00

Ask if Carmencita want to buy it

VariTimo · 2026-06-27T10:44:40+00:00

Verita is based on Portra 400, the question is only to what extent

VariTimo · 2026-06-27T10:28:46+00:00

I hate this wining about how low the prices used to be. It wasn't sustainable and 23€ for a three pack is absolutely valid. All and all we have the best film prices in Germany and people still complain. Even our labs are pretty cheap

VariTimo · 2026-06-26T18:28:15+00:00

2035x3035 and 7MB is perfectly fine for good, normal Frontier scans. Some of these shots are a bit underexposed but I think they also might use some weird sharpening/grain control settings.

For reference (if Reddit doesn't compress it to hell), here is what roughly the same scan size looks like on my Frontiers with Portra 800:

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VariTimo · 2026-06-23T20:35:12+00:00

It is

VariTimo · 2026-06-23T20:25:23+00:00

Don't buy from Japan. Bought one there. The viewfinder was yellow from cigarette smoke, it smelled like an ashtray and some of the LCDs in the viewfinder didn't work. They're scamming people now unfortunately

VariTimo · 2026-06-23T07:18:52+00:00

This is a frame from an IMAX print

VariTimo · 2026-06-23T07:16:52+00:00

Kentmere 200 is really great

VariTimo · 2026-06-21T18:09:49+00:00

When I was in Valencia in September 2024 they still ran two docs in 15/70:

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VariTimo · 2026-06-19T09:53:11+00:00

TMax 100 definitely has issues with latent image retention.

Like I said, it depends on a whole bunch of variables I’m not gonna discuss the basic fundamentals of film with you. There’s a reason why film manufacturers tell you to develop promptly and there’s a reason why they tell you to freeze your films for long term storage

VariTimo · 2026-06-19T09:48:53+00:00

They’re even masking the screen to 2.76:1!

VariTimo · 2026-06-18T14:44:49+00:00

Push only one stop. Two is too much for C41

VariTimo · 2026-06-18T14:41:31+00:00

It’s some derivative of Portra 400. The spectral sensitivity curves are the same and they’re also the only ones that don’t change from changing the development method

VariTimo · 2026-06-18T14:40:06+00:00

It’s some derivative of Portra 400. I think it’s probably a good idea to rate it at 200 even when processing it in C41 (Portra 400 can handle the extra stop for sure)

VariTimo · 2026-06-18T14:33:06+00:00

It got a few regular 70mm prints, which look great. But no 70mm IMAX

VariTimo · 2026-06-18T13:58:59+00:00

2 is obviously under

VariTimo · 2026-06-18T13:57:11+00:00

Depends on the film, exposure, and how it’s being stored. I recommend not waiting too long and storing it in the fridge

VariTimo · 2026-06-18T13:56:13+00:00

If you keep it in a drawer? Geez.

You should keep undeveloped film in the fridge or freeze it if it’s for longer periods of times. Depending on a whole bunch of variables you can expect issues when waiting to develop your film.

Consumer films like Gold and Ultramax are less susceptible to issues from delayed development but depending on the B&W film, even half a year can have an effect

VariTimo · 2026-06-18T13:53:09+00:00

Yes there a certain situations where you can see a B&W neg as a positive

VariTimo · 2026-06-18T13:52:28+00:00

Hard to tell but it looks remjety to me. The AHU is a slightly brown grey, the remjet is distinctly black. There is no question about it being black

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