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Main Forum / Re: Who is up for a postcard exchange?

« Last post by astrobeck on April 23, 2024, 08:26:54 PM »

Wonderful cards today from Harvey, Francois and grit .
Fabulous all!
The piano tuner from grit is especially a treasure.
Harvey's tree is sublime.
The bridge lift from Francois is really cool.

This is so far a fun and varied exchange

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Kai-san on April 23, 2024, 08:05:31 PM »

Pushing film means loss of shadow detail, nothing you can do about that. If you want to avoid large grain you will probably need a fine grain developer. Adox XT-3 or XTOL works well with Fomapan 400 in my experience. Another fine grain developer is the Adox Atomal, which I haven't tested. I've also seen comments from people using T-Max developer with success, but I haven't seen any examples. Here's one who has attempted to push Fomapan 400 to 1600 ISO using HC-110:

 https://alysvintagecameraalley.com/2021/03/08/pushing-fomapan-400-to-1600/

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Main Forum / Re: Who is up for a postcard exchange?

« Last post by irv_b on April 23, 2024, 08:03:11 PM »

I want to thank you all for the cards that have popped through the letter box over the last week, a wonderfully varied selection of shots.
 I have decided to tone the prints so I will get my cards out soon just waiting for some dev trays so I can selenium tone them

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Francois on April 23, 2024, 03:11:19 PM »

I sure will 😊

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Indofunk on April 23, 2024, 12:07:11 AM »

Well, if you figure out a cheap film/developer combo that gives you slightly-smaller-than-baseball-sized grain at 1600, please do let me know 😁

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Francois on April 22, 2024, 09:28:24 PM »

I was about to suggest Holga mystery film...
Have you checked with the FPP? They have a ton of funky re-spooled stuff.

But when it comes to cheap stuff, Foma and Arista.EDU are pretty much the name of the game. What I find pretty weird with those is how sensitive they are to the developer used. It's a bit like a Jeckell and Hyde film. Give it the wrong potion and it turns on you. But treat it right and it's surprisingly good. Just don't expect the silver density you see in other films.

I really need to try it at 1600 or even 3200.

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Indofunk on April 22, 2024, 09:22:39 PM »

I thought RPX400 was actually HP5?
Edit: according to The Big Film Database it is Kentmere 400 https://industrieplus.net/dxdatabase/rechfilm.php?name=rpx400 but this information may be outdated.

Woah, worlds colliding 😁 If that's true, then I WILL get to shoot "RPX400" after all, in the form of Kentmere 😂

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Phil Snaps on April 22, 2024, 08:32:48 PM »

I thought RPX400 was actually HP5?
Edit: according to The Big Film Database it is Kentmere 400 https://industrieplus.net/dxdatabase/rechfilm.php?name=rpx400 but this information may be outdated.

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Indofunk on April 22, 2024, 04:25:22 PM »

I use a lot of Rollei RPX400, I buy it in bulk. It has very fine grain, especially when processed in XTOL or Adox XT-3 as in the example below. This is definitively not Kentmere 400.

I've never shot RPX400, but I've always loved the images I've seen. And I hear it pushes well, too. Unfortunately, it's basically the same price as HP5 so I never had motivation to switch 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Main Forum / Re: Tell me about Kentmere.

« Last post by Francois on April 22, 2024, 02:11:08 PM »

ORWO/filmotech packages it in these devastatingly awful non-standard plastic cassettes.

They probably use the same cassettes as FlicFilm (the snap-together model that barely fits in the film compartment).
These are definitely not the nicest thing to use, but I guess that they're what we'll have from now on until the tin free steel shortage gets solved.