Kentmere Film Archives

3 November, 2025

5 Frames from a cheap and simple camera – and a very rare one too

By Chris Giles

A while back I picked up a job lot of three cameras for not much money. The one I was after was a Konica C35 EF – which did prove to be exactly what I wanted, but that is ...

1 November, 2025

5 Frames with a Leica 1c

By Phil Harrison

I’ve been a fan of Viewfinder cameras for many years, having owned M’s and Leica III’s in the past, with a IIIa my current camera. I never thought about a Leic...

16 October, 2025

5 Frames with Kentmere 400 along Portugal’s coastline

By Vincent Botton

There was definitely a time where I thought I needed the right camera to make photographs at my highest potential. Piggybacking off my last ‘5 frames’ article, where I suggeste...

The author's Minolta HiMatic9 Rangefinder

30 September, 2025

5 Frames with my Minolta HiMatic 9

By Daimon Tilley

Recently I posted a 5 Frames featuring my Minox 35GT, a lovely and tiny 35mm camera which gave me pleasing results. Well, this post is about my recent experience with the latest...

28 September, 2025

5 Frames with a Pentax Pino 35 and Kentmere 400

By Steve Phillips

I think this camera came to my attention as I was browsing through various blogs and reviews about cheap take-anywhere point & shoot types. My own journey down that road had...

17 September, 2025

Battle of the Budgets Continued… Fomapan 200 & Kentmere 200 (35mm)

By Simon King

In a market where 200-speed black-and-white films are rare (SFX 200 and Rollei options aside), Fomapan 200, and now Kentmere 200 stand out as both affordable and versatile. Over...

16 September, 2025

A third of a roll with a Pentax Spotmatic F and Kentmere Pan 200

By Bob Janes

Pentax Spotmatic F / Kentmere Pan 200 / Fomadon R09 Camera and lenses: The Spotmatic F is a true classic. When I reviewed the camera here, I didn’t fit the lovely little 2...

3 September, 2025

‘One Third Keepers’ with a Minolta 9000 and Kentmere Pan 200

By Bob Janes

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...

Andrew on Wider Isn’t Always Better
I still like wide angle lenses but realize they are most effective when used sparingly. Often that definition of 'sparing'…
Andrew on Wider Isn’t Always Better
I think that is vert true range finders do have a specific threshold of effective lenses many modern camera do…
Daniel Martínez Barber on A Pair of Unusual Lenses Adapted to a Fuji GFX 50S
Dear Jeffery, thanks for your comment. If you want an even sharper lens than the Reflecta Agomar 90mm F2.4, you…

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