Name: Kentmere 400 Black and White Negative Film, 35mm, 24 Exposure, 6012379
Brand: Kentmere
SKU: KE40024
Price: 6.95 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.5 (66 reviews)

Kentmere 400 Black and White Negative Film, 35mm, 24 Exposure, 6012379

Kentmere B/W 400 Film

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Kentmere Black & White Film

Kentmere B/W 400 Film 

Buy Kentmere 400 black & white 35mm film. High contrast, fine grain, wide latitude. Excellent sharpness & archival quality. Shop now!

With Kentmere 400 Black and White Negative Film, you can unlock the potential of your 35mm camera and capture stunning, high-quality images. This fast, fine-grain film is perfect for a wide range of photography styles, from pictorial and fine art to fashion and reportage. Designed for superior performance, Kentmere 400 film delivers exceptional sharpness and minimal grain, comparable to what you'd expect from a conventional medium-speed black and white film. Its EI 400/27 speed rating allows for the use of higher shutter speeds or greater depth of field, ensuring excellent results even in low lighting conditions. Thanks to its revolutionary core shell emulsion technology, Kentmere 400 offers a level of sharpness and clarity that belies its light-grabbing ISO 400 speed. This technology also enhances shadow rendition, ensuring that thin areas of the negative are slightly denser and hold detail much better. Kentmere 400 boasts a wide exposure latitude and a tonal range that matches easily on both graded and variable contrast printing papers. This makes it an ideal choice for applications that demand high quality, but where extra film speed is an advantage. For the creative photographer, Kentmere 400 offers a liberating combination of speed and precision. Handheld portraits in available light yield smooth skin tones and tack-sharp detail, while reportage photography no longer suffers from gritty, conspicuous grain. Studio photographers will also appreciate the film's high speed, which allows for smaller apertures, shorter exposures, and lower lighting requirements, all without sacrificing quality. Compatible with all major processing systems and able to be processed in all popular developers, Kentmere 400 is a versatile choice for photographers of all levels. Whether you're a hobbyist or a professional, this film delivers perfectly adequate performance, as evidenced by numerous user reviews. In the darkroom, Kentmere 400 continues to impress. It pushes well and delivers its superb performance in the widest range of developers. With Kentmere 400 Black and White Negative Film, you can capture the world in stunning monochrome, all while enjoying the benefits of a fast, high-quality film.

Inexpensive but really dynamic with enough development time. I use D76.

Cheap can be good

Perfectly fine as a less expensive alternative to Tri-x. Will likely order it again.

Good inexpensive alternative for black and white

very good film. grid a little bit coarse.

good B&W film

Impressed

It's good film.  If you want less grain, or more grain, or more contrast, or less contrast (blah blah Youtube video blah blah stuff with fake scratches and fake tape stretching hipster nonsense) is completely up to the photographer:  you can make choices in developer TYPE, development TIME, the use of red/orange/yellow FILTERS, the choice of lens, the choice of metering (you know----ZONE), the choice of subjects (you know, the Sun is bright and it's really dark at night when the moon isn't out) and it's completely up to the USER what you get out of any film stock.  The fact that this stuff is available and affordable is ENOUGH to recommend it.  If you don't like your results, learn your craft better!  Seriously, just ask people "how do I make this film look flat, or high contrast, or grainy, or  smooth".

It's a blank canvas

I really like this film contrasts are fantastic develop the Kenmore 400 with d76 homemade 1+1

one of my favorite films

Fast shipping

Great product, but I have to wait to much for it but it works great

Great product

Does the job. Shipping took a while w little communication however.

Alright

Great film for a beginner! Affordable, especially if developing yourself.

Cheap but not ?cheap?

Definitely my go-to BW 35mm film. Not only is it cheap, it develops perfectly and stays flat.

The only 35mm I need

Love this film.  Good quality, and the price is right.

Good Value

AMAZING PRODUCT

A good consumer film, I'm using it to test cameras. At this price you cant go wrong.

Good Consumer film

Low contrast in a way that makes it easy to edit. Great and inexpensive film

Low contrast in a good way

I prefer bulk loading to save on some cost of shooting, and Kentmere is one of the best budget friendly bnw film stocks around. I shoot and process mine at 1600 and it holds up perfectly, giving great grain, tone, and has a nice flat negative (both in contrast, and in actual shape of the negative when the film dries) that allows for much room within either lightroom edits when scanned, or darkroom manipulation when printing. I highly recommend Kentmere 400 for anyone who is used to perhaps HP5 but is looking for a more cost effective alternative. A very capable and versatile film stock, with reliable results.

A versatile film stock!

Awesome film

I want to try this film as every other brand is either extinct or expired. I'm hoping that film makes a comeback. I'm tired of seeing expensive cameras with "film-settings." You know what looks exactly like film? FILM!

Too soon to Tell

Best film ever!

I enjoy this film. Not just a budget film for students. This is a pretty flexible B&W film. I home develop and I find I can make this film fit my goals by varying the choice in developer, time, or agitation. Great having it in available in 100ft lengths so I can spool custom length rolls. Would recommend this to the experienced or novice photographer.

Great everyday film

Good quality budget film. I bought the bulk roll, so it does not look like the picture in the listing!

Good quality budget B&W film

It's a pretty uninteresting film stock if you're not planning to edit.  However, the flatness of the film does afford you tons of postprocessing options.  Great buy if you scan and edit your pics!

Kind of Flat, but Not Necessarily Bad

Nice but not exceptional 400 speed film, not as charismatic as the 100 IMO.

A solid performer in ISO 400 B&W

My 4-star rating is relative to Kentmere 400’s status as a budget B&W film—one of the cheapest you can find. Its grain structure and contrast are adequate for most applications; it’s mid-range tonal pickup is better than that. It lacks the sharpness and higher contrast of Ilford’s HP-5+ and Kodak’s Tri-X, but is an ideal economical choice for “fun stuff” and utilitarian applications. I refurbish cameras and it’s my go-to choice now for film testing cameras after light seal replacements, etc. Why pay $2+ more?

Great value for good performance

Inexpensive film

A slightly cheaper film but amazing quality for the price. Slightly long developing times to get used to but overall I’ll add this to my collection of favorites films to use.

Affordable and high quality

Love this film, especially for the price point. It also pushes 2 stops really well and I use it for concert photography if i don't have a flash/don't want to deal with it. Sure, there are more expensive films that might be nicer, but this is an old standby of mine. Highly recommend. Actually, don't tell anyone it's great so the price stay so reasonable!

Great budget b&w, great overall!

Good black and white film. Decent grain and contrast. Haven't tried pushing past box speed but I've heard others have a had luck.

Would recommend

Great film and in new packaging. As fresh as it gets! I prefer this bw film to many others that are more expensive.

Kentmere 400 Black and White Negative Film, 35mm, 24 Exposure, 6012379

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