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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

New film: JCH StreetPan 400

The founder of Japan Camera Hunter is releasing a new panchromatic B&W film, StreetPan 400. This film is based on a now discontinued surveillance camera film, but is said to be fantastic for street work. With fine grain, high speed, a contrasty look and red sensitivity to cut through fog and haze, it is said to be great for all conditions. Looking over the specifications, a lot of thought has been put into the design of the film base and coatings, offering a gelatin backing to reduce scratches, anti-static layers and so on.

The film is being financed by the founder himself, and he needs your support to make the project a go. Kickstarter just does not appeal to his sensibilities. In his own words:

This film is not quite ready yet, but it has already cost me a simply stunning amount of money. And as I absolutely hate sites like kickstarter I have decided that the best thing I can do is offer this on pre-order so that you get your film when it comes out. This also helps me to pay for the film, because it is such a large amount of money. The film will be ready for shipping around May/June of 2016, so you don’t actually have all that long to wait.
StreetPan 400 is being offered in bricks of ten for 9750 yen. That is comparable to rolls of Ilford film around here at time of writing, so it is not too expensive. Due to currency fluctuations, price may very for your region over time.

Show your support at the JCH shop for JCH StreetPan 400.

JCH StreetPan 400 adds to the just fantastic assortment of film available today, and is more great news for film. Hope you had a great Easter weekend, for those who observe it. See also:



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