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Kentmere


The Kentmere 100 was a total  newcommer for me, so I was quite interested in developing the roll.
It was a bit harsh light conditions, low light, without a tripod, and too much contrast.
The developer I used was a home made Agfa 14, I think I may overdeveloped the film. Developing time was 12 min at 20C.
Overall it's a good film, but compared to Efke 25 it has so much grain. I know one should not compare iso 25 film to iso 100.
I just find out that EFKE stopped production. That's a shame. I just loved the Efke films. Somtimes they had defects, but they clear base and rich silver content was ideal for scanning. I still got only one roll of Efke 25, and now It had became one of my biggest values in matter of film stock. Please if anyone knows something about EFKE, post it.

So here it is a shot made on Kentmere 100.


As I sad it's grainy, but i think one can easy make a  30x40cm print without disturbing effects.
And the grain, it could be because the developer I used.

(The agfa 14 should be a fine grain developer, but I mixed my own solution, and maybe the chemicals were old and contaminated.
I also mixed Kodak - D76, my next roll will be developed in that.)

Just got a Kiev 80 for Christmas. Actually I did buy it for myself from the net. It arrived just a few days after Xmas.
I was hunting one of these babies quite a while. I'ts one of the flagships of old rusian cameras. This one was made in 1977. It has some minor issues, but overall it's in good shape.
So here it is. I like it a lot. It's a heavy piece of a camera. Can't wait to try it out. Shame, but look's like I had to wait until 4-th of January. Because only then I can buy some 120 film. Until then I just had to use it as a nice prop for my digital photographs.
PS: ... and an other thing: I would need a medium format film scanner to ...

Quest: To find the best b&w negative for my "work" ( well hobby).
Step 1: order a collection of bw negative films.

Step2: HERE THEY ARE:
These are the usual negatives available in my country, but I think  they are also available world wide via online stores.
Well you can find even more, but sometimes the stock in the store is not updated. There's  also negatives avaible over ISO 100, but for now I limited myself on ISO 100 and lower.
I didn't  got the opportunity to try out all of them, but as I will expose and develop the photos will be posted.

And first, one of the lowest ISO-s avaible today: the EFKE KB25, made in Croatia by Fotokemika.
It's a black and white negative film with ISO speed 25. It's very fine grained. In managed to scan a 22 M pixel image out of it, although it's not the point of shooting bw.
It has a clear base, so it's ideal to scan. There could be sometimes problems with the emulsion. I had found small white spots on some rolls. But its a cheap film , the price is about 3€/roll.
If you still shoot film then you have to try out.
Here are some photos exposed on this negative:
[Developed in Fomadon R09 wich is basically Rodinal.]

What the producing company  say's about this film:

"Efke films are manufactured using classic emulsions with very high silver content. This results in a large grayscale reproduction. The Efke 25, 50 and 100 films are made using the ADOX formulas that were first introduced back in the late 1940s.
Unlike modern flat crystal films, which are very unforgiving to use, these films allow beginners to produce quality images. The nature of the film also easily allows large, grain free, enlargements to be made from negatives."

And here you can find more info: www.fotokemika.hr/details/38/0…

To be continued...

Started a forum here: forum.deviantart.com/art/photo…