Ilford FP4+ vs Kentmere 100: which is the better black and white film stock? 

Thanks for the comparison! And lovely shots/drone footage :)

Awesome video and great sarcasm to boot. I want to try Kentmere 100 in 120 format. Thank you for your refreshing insight.

Informative, cheeky, fun and well produced! More please :)

Thanks! I have learned a lot. Also thanks for the wonderful images. One note. A trap I frequently fall into is that “which is the better…, cannot be answered. It should be followed by “for…”. Budget and subject play an important role. Especially when prices of film keep going up. Thanks to you, I know that probably Kentmere is the “better” film, now that I have retired.

Thanks for the review. It’s a pity that the same shots were not taken on different films. To make the comparison clearer. I would also like to add Delta 100 and Fomapan 200 here.👍

Great videos!

Good to know. Thanks

Thanks a lot. I use HP5, but I’ll try Kentmere 400. Why do you add “stock” after film. For me, it means that you have loads of it.

I'm waiting for some K100x36 to arrive in the post, it seemed like a good alternative to more expensive B&W films out there at £19.50 for a three pack and already I'm encouraged watching your video. Thank's / Subbded.!

Okay, its running up to Christmas in Scotland, leaden skies, slushy ground with only my cat for company. You made me laugh, so I subscribed. I reckon I can't tell the difference between the two films as development and real world lighting conditions tend to negate out any other variables. I'm peed off because a photoshoot tomorrow has just been cancelled because people don't like getting cold (I blame digital photography) so I've got no plans until Christmas Day. Say hello to my cousins in Sydney, the Maguires, if you bump into them 😉

Very nice video. Just ordered five boxes of Kentmere 100 in 120, and look forward to seeing how that holds up against Tri-X, as I'm done with Foma as well.

Love FP4. I've never tried Kentmere, but I HATED Kentmere fibre based papers back in the days when I was still printing. It was flatter than a hunger striking prisoner's backside. I wouldn't mind giving a cheaper FP4 a go, though.

Just ordered 10 Kentmere 400s. Probably some more grains in them. Miss the Tri-X @200 ASA - Microdol-X combo.

I like Ilford FP4, it's one of my favorite but I'll try Kentmere.

Thank you this was very helpful!

Fp4 for sure , doesn’t block up , white creamy skin tone if you want it , fine traditional grain , controllable gray scale !

With this type of photography, you're always on the edge of knife. My recommendation is Agfapan 100 + Microdol x. The water for the developer must be ph7, the developer at 20 C. If you want more details, dilute the developer 1:4, then develop over 20 min. turn the dose gently 4 times every minute. I don't think that Microdol is made anymore, but there is a substitute for sure. Ilford's Perceptol, I don't know if it is still produced, is a bad substitute. If I make a mistake, I apologize in advance, all my knowledge is from more than 20 years ago.

Very entertaining. Do you make silver prints, or do you scan your images with a scanner, or macro photograph them with a camera?

Although it would certainly be boring to do the whole video this way, I think you should still include an actual controlled example when doing head to heads. Surely you own two of at least some lens, like 2 nifty 50s or something, to slap on for one shot of the car before heading out to the real shoot or something, exactly the same.

Yes ! Photograph loads of shit. I wish I had done this when I was twenty. Stuff that was commonplace then is worth gold now. Click it before you lose it !

Formapan 100 .Cheap and cheerful.

at 0:11 great joke, pun, whatever you call it; another one is: if you ate a dirty piece of chicken would it taste "fowl"?

But please, no more ass details comparisons

Great videos!