The Kentmere 100 film was tested. This film is available at B&H Photo for under US$3 a box, currently. The conditions at time of testing were outdoors in afternoon sun on a partly cloudy day. The need for a yellow filter becomes apparent, as the film did not capture much in the way of clouds. The camera TTL aperture priority metering was used, with a 24mm lens set at f/8 and hyperfocal focus. This lens read 7ft to infinity on its focus scale for this aperture. Exposure was at ISO 200 (this film is ISO 100 on the box).
After shooting, the film was quickly souped in D-76 1+1 (it was what was on hand) according to the Digital Truth tables for ISO 200 effective speed. There is a handy iOS or Android app to help in this regard. After drying, the film was scanned on a flatbed scanner. The tiny lens hood that came with the lens did not seem to help prevent flare too much. This made getting a good scan from some of the frames difficult. The scanner software, VueScan, kept changing the exposure for each frame despite the Lock Exposure checkbox being ticked. Not sure if this is a bug in my understanding of what this button does, or if it is a bug in the software. This made controlling the exposure during scanning a bit difficult, particularly where the sun was involved in the frame.
This film lays nearly perfectly flat when cut. This makes it easy to put into holders and scan. After a bit of touch up for the inevitable dust, the following frame shows this film in action. For the price, Kentmere 100 is an strong challenger for more expensive B&W films.
