Released in 2025, Kentmere Pan 200 is a black and white film that completes a trilogy. We’ve had Kentmere 100, an ultra-fine grained film designed for use in bright sunlight, and we’ve had Kentmere 400, a higher-sensitivity film that lets you keep on shooting when the light gets low. Now, we have Kentmere 200, which sits in between the two.
Kentmere films are produced by Harman, the company that owns black & white analog specialists Ilford, so it’s safe to say that plenty of Ilford know-how has gone into their design and manufacture. These stocks are mainly known for one thing – they’re cheap. Very cheap. You can normally pick up a roll of Kentmere for about $7/£5, making them much more affordable to shoot than any color stock you’d care to name, even when you factor in the higher expense of B&W development.
