Kentmere Pan 200

Kentmere Pan 200 appeared in May 2025 and is the first new film in the Kentmere line in well over a decade. The Kentmere range is Harman Technology's budget tier, made in the same Mobberley factory as Ilford but positioned below HP5+ and Delta films in price and specification. Pan 200 fills the gap between Kentmere 100 and Kentmere 400, a gap that existed in the lineup since the original Kentmere range was established.

ISO 200 is a useful speed that doesn't get much attention in black-and-white. Tri-X and HP5+ are 400; most fine-grain films are 100. Pan 200 sits in the middle where you can use a slightly wider aperture or faster shutter than a 100-speed film allows while still getting finer grain than a 400. In overcast British light, which is the climate Harman makes film for, 200 speed is often the practical choice.

Early reports from testers suggest the film has a traditional cubic-grain structure consistent with the Kentmere line, with slightly finer grain than Pan 400 and good tonal separation through the midtones. Development behavior mirrors what existing Kentmere users expect: predictable in D-76 or ID-11, good in Rodinal at higher dilutions, tolerant of a range of processing approaches.

Available in 35mm (24 and 36 exposure cassettes, plus bulk rolls) and 120 from launch.

Reciprocity exponent is 1.31. Zone Light Meter applies the correction past one second, which for a film likely to be used in low available light is a practical feature. A one-minute meter reading becomes about three and a half minutes with the standard correction applied.