21 August, 2025
5 frames from my first roll of Kentmere 200
On the basis that with a new film it’s useful to see as many examples as possible, here are 5 frames from my first (half) roll of Kentmere 200. I put a roll in my Olympus ...
15 August, 2025
‘One Third Keepers’ with Kentmere Pan 200 and a Minolta SRT 101
The idea of ‘One third keepers’ came out of online chats I took part in about 15-20 years ago. We discussed hit rates of chosen to unchosen shots and whether digita...
In the relatively early days of digital I was involved in online discussions about whether the fact that our short-to-shot cost with digital cameras was tempting us to ‘spray an...
5 July, 2025
Kentmere and I – Musings on recent film choices
Firstly the cover shot. Having picked up on a comment recently, the cover shot was also on film. A Voigtlander Vito B and a roll of Kodak Gold that had just come out of two othe...
I honestly do not know what possessed me to buy this film. While I shoot a number of film speeds my usual go to is 400. Other less often but I usually stay between 100 and 800. ...
15 May, 2025
5 frames with an Olympus Trip 35 and Kentmere 100
The Olympus Trip 35 is a very widely sold and used camera, and having heard good things about it, I was happy when I recently acquired one, and I packed it on a trip to Paris. N...
Back in late March, Michelle from Harman got in touch with news of yet another forthcoming film launch for 2025 – this time Kentmere 200. Kentmere films are manufactured b...
In June 2024, I had a grand day out. My day started with my having one camera in my possession, and concluded with my having four cameras. Here’s the tale of how this happ...