28 September, 2025
5 Frames with a Pentax Pino 35 and Kentmere 400
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)
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
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
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...
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...
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...