Ilford Kentmere Pan 100 and 400 Available in 120 Format Films
Harman Technologies, the company that manufactures Ilford-brand film, has announced that the Kentmere Pan 100 and Pan 400 films are now available in 120 formats. They were previously only available for 35mm film cameras.
According to the manufacturer, Kentmere Pan 100 is a medium-speed, ISO 100 panchromatic black and white film with excellent sharpness and fine grain. Ilford Photo also claims that it offers a wide and forgiving exposure latitude, a broad tone range, medium contrast, etc. Pan 100 is slower, has finer grain, and slightly more contrast than Pan 400.
Here are a few images were taken using Pan 100 120 format film:
Kentmere Pan 400, according to Ilford Photo, features a more conventional-looking grain with good sharpness, tones, and pleasing contrast. The company also states that it can be pushed within a broad and forgiving exposure latitude. Pan 400 has a more pronounced grain than Pan 100, slightly less contrast, and, as previously indicated, responds better to push.
Here are a few images that were taken using Pan 400 120-format film:
“Ilford will always be our flagship brand and our most comprehensive / broadest range but we want to expand our Kentmere offering to give people a high quality yet ‘affordable’ entry point to analog photography. By introducing Kentmere Pan 100 and 400 in 120 format, we are primarily targeting budget-conscious photographers who still demand high quality, consistent performance and want to create beautiful images they can print or scan,” Giles Branthwaite, Sales and Marketing Director at Harman technology, says.
According to Branwaith, it decided to make Pan 100 and Pan 400 available in 120 formats because the majority of respondents to its global survey indicated that they used medium format film.
“In our recent Global Film Users Survey, 75% of the the 8600+ respondents used 120 format so there are a lot of medium format photographers out there. While all of our Ilford films are available in this format we wanted to ensure there is choice at different price points. Kentmere Pan 100 and 400 films are not necessarily intended as ‘professional’ films, yet we have seen you can still create exceptional results all professionals would be proud of.”
Ilford Kentmere Pan 100 and Kentmere Pan 400 in 120 formats are available for $5.80 per roll directly from Ilford Photo’s website.
