Kentmere 120

[@LBAW]

New lore: is Baxter part seal?

[@aarontimm]

@@trippwilsonphoto Well I think you're wrong and he's probably a seal

[@naamahalevi1888]

Fun fact: seals are actually basically called "sea dogs" in Hebrew. So you might be onto something here🤔

[@enricodeharder4984]

Yup, a navy-seal.

[@michaeldimmitt2188]

I believe Baxter was a Navy Seal, thought I saw the Trident under his fur when the wind was blowing…

[@fargoflagrant7796]

Love how this is new lore but it's also a question 🤣

[@Jericho297]

One video away for the next sequel to the best series on youtube… …An Ektachrome Christmas 5

[@ProcessedNegative]

I’m so excited

[@thomass4840]

So hype for it

[@areallyrealisticguyd4333]

just do what Hollywood does. take away the sequential title, call it a soft reboot, but actually it's a prequel. An Ektachrome Christmas A Baxter Story

[@CesarALlanos]

The past couple years he’s uploaded Ektachrome Christmas in January I think, so it may be some time until the next one unfortunately :(

[@RealSergiob466]

Yup “An Ektachrome Christmas 5” and I sent 8 rolls to him but I can’t tell you until the you see a new video.

[@davidellinsworth3299]

"Maybe it's time to do colour, Ilford". Jason saw it coming everyone

[@dflf]

We had a Kentmere when I was a kid. Best refrigerator we ever owned

[@mikejankowski6321]

Past tense suggests a missed opportunity. Think of it...keeping your Kentmere in your Kentmere.

[@sciencefiction6060]

I like your content. Please never disappear. This is something special for filmmakers. I think this is a real treat. A real gem. Not everyone can just go out with their camera, you know?

[@datboidadl4111]

Really loving the before and after comparison when it comes to editing

[@rogerwalker3201]

If the film was any good, you wouldn’t need the editing.

[@casieharrodhellbunny2011]

Always excited when Jason uploads

[@jaykickliter]

I guess he’s alright

[@AyoAiko]

"We're in the beautiful, scenic, colorful, Marin Headlands, so naturally we're gonna be shooting some black and white." Classic bro

[@coreymagz3145]

Kind of love how this predicted Phoenix 200, in a way.

[@doptimist]

I'm glad someone finally admitted that the majority of mono film stocks looks basically identical to each other.

[@caloster7664]

The fit is outstanding today. Absolutely iced out.

[@HaydenAmarantes]

Jason showing emotion is a rare occurrence. I must say I am emotionally moved by this video.

[@AeromaticXD]

Been shooting Kentmere 400 on 35mm for about a year or two. It’s amazing. Especially at 1600

[@chadfraser3184]

that segue into the squarespace ad was flawless

[@klasgelinder]

One of the best Squarespace segues I seen today

[@sampope6426]

nice, up in my neck of the woods, the Headlands can be a bit sketchy glad you didn't get jacked, you should head up the coast to Point Reyes and the coast towns into Mendo and Humboldt. Love your vids, reminds me I have about 5 rolls to send to the Darkroom.

[@reallysad7600]

as someone from the north bay who moved states for school, these videos where I immediately recognize every location are so comforting to watch. Thanks for another great video and dedicated chug, keep going. kodak has to see it soon, right?

[@gonnor_cates]

Thank you for being the highlight to my Thursday yet again, Jason

[@coleb7644]

ever try red / yellow filters on this stock to increase the natural contrast? that gradient between light and shadow is what really sets b&w stocks apart.

[@pavlovcikjan]

the smooth sponsorship message transition did it for me

[@KieranJDodd]

Thank you for helping the public make more informed decisions with their black and white film choices Jason, very cool.

[@SamJessop]

The long run to the sponsor link was absolutely worth it. Nicely done.

[@AaronAnalog1]

2:57 Print it, frame it and hang it above the Yule Log. Excellent 'About the Author' portrait too!

[@jake.]

ok but that squarespace transition was smooth af

[@sirohartmann]

Great video, Mr Days. Just so you know, I emailed all Kodak bosses I could find online and asked about Aerochrome and linked to a time stamp of you drinking Mountain Dew. I'm fighting with you.

[@samuelbusse2028]

Literally just started rewatching grainydays vids, always a good time when jason drops a video

[@paulhickey6896]

Love your sense of humor and Baxter! Great video, thanks!

[@itzyamancam8561]

New grainydays on my birthday? 24 is off to a great start.

[@casieharrodhellbunny2011]

Happy birthday!

[@Artuficially-]

Happy birthday! Enjoy it!

[@itzyamancam8561]

Thank you guys!

[@casieharrodhellbunny2011]

@@itzyamancam8561 no problem!

[@rjbiii]

As someone new to medium format, it's been really awesome being able to shoot for cheap using kentmere 400 and kodak gold.

[@rogerwalker3201]

Oh, so specially gray and blaaa!!! I’ll save my time and money.

[@ziggy149]

Love seeing you making a vid at places I’ve explored as well. Live 25 minutes from this spot.

[@mechanicalslrlounge5138]

Kentmere is my go-to black and white film stock, so excited to try it in 120

[@sneakingelephant]

Patiently waiting for that delicious ektachrome Christmas, but this video will tide me over. Thank god for grainydays

[@timothysears6970]

Always so glad to watch another grainy days video

[@trevor2]

love the 4:3 format, keep up the great work man!

[@Eric_Lampe]

Hill 88 near there is cool to explore there. Hike is kind of a pain in the ass but there are times from there you can have fog below and clouds above.

[@fabianteeske]

Love the colors in those videos. Do you mind sharing some secrets on how to get that analogue feel when it's shot on a modern digital cam?

[@christiansam721]

Following

[@kaymoment6486]

Also following

[@alhOOO2O]

Omg that’s an unbelievably good video idea - get someone to load your cameras with different Ilford films and you shoot them, then try to work out which is which!

[@stephenlloydco]

When I was a kid we called it Mountain Spew. We still respect you if you stop, Jason. We are here for you.

[@jergophoto]

A gift from the gods on this Thursday. Thank you jason

[@andrzejrozycki2135]

Thank you for new vlog:) I always enjoy your love to photography! I lost mine somewhere.

[@ralph95vip]

Would love to see ilford doing color. Up the stakes, that would be amazing

[@mynewcolour]

It would be healthy if Kodak had some competition.

[@ralph95vip]

Yeah. Kodak having production issues. Fujifilm just keep wanting to become fujidigital by discountuing all but 2-3 types of film. It's time someone steps up the game to fill that market gap.

[@edshotsdotcodotuk]

Kodak making C200 for Fuji. Everyone says it’s basically Gold. Ilford released a colour disposable camera which currently has Kodak stock inside it. XP2 is made by Ilford so I don’t see a massive leap to make regular colour film too.

[@Adrian-wd4rn]

Ilford used to make color film.

[@cameronwheatley7065]

That was the most amazing Squarespace segue hahaha

[@billpickle2875]

Merry Christmas to all. Compliments of the season.

[@Ashfielder]

I like Kentmere on 35mm, I used it to photograph donkeys. This should be good on 120. I’ll use it to photograph larger donkeys.

[@mikejankowski6321]

LOL!

[@ChrisCummins]

You got a genuine spit take from the line "I like my images just like my coffee. I don't like coffee" 🤣

[@ZeLoShady]

Man those 192k subs are so well deserved. Your video style is amazing and I fanboy over it every video. Hopefully I can do the same with your photos one day! 🤣

[@ThePhotoDept]

aw my first Contax T2 video way back was filmed in the Marin Headlands. cute.

[@Dunikl]

Now that was one smooth squarespace segue.

[@marblecow2370]

Found your channel not too long ago and you've really inspired me to get into film photography! Just finished my first roll of film! Anyways thank you and love your vids :))

[@lewissmith7033]

Congrats and welcome to the community!!!

[@Lauren_C]

Should come to visit Placerville one of these days. Plenty of Christmas lights to go around. 😝

[@danienelphoto]

Kentmere papers also used to be much lower in contrast back in the days when I still printed. It probably still is. On multigrade papers Ilford paper would be fine at Grade 2 whereas the same contrast would require grade 4 on Kentmere. Probably just less silver too.

[@t_mcb_1342]

the B/W photo of the curve is great!

[@oudviola]

Thanks for the review. Love the Baxter pic at the end!

[@spicyricevlogs2792]

Kentmere 400 35 is what used for my film photo class. It’s honestly one of my favorites stocks

[@nitablackwood6301]

Dude I have 100ft of this stuff in a bulk loader that’s been sitting in my moms fridge for a few years. 2.5-3 years maybe. If you want it lmk. Just pay for shipping

[@HarryFontaine]

Jason always smiles when he looks at Monica :)

[@obscura6205]

All I want for Christmas is for Jason to have his Mountain Dew intervention.

[@guitarpunk201]

Finally. Some good Baxter content.

[@matosfilm1993]

can you make more? vacations coming and i need to binge on some grainyshades.

[@brandonlavoie4364]

THAT AD TRANSITION!

[@laserdonut4632]

Thanks for accurately pointing out the flatness (and grey mushiness) of Kentmere 400 instead of reciting Ilford's descriptions of the films.

[@skematixxjones4978]

Did you take any shots of Point Bonita Lighthouse? Up there is such a peaceful place, love it!

[@yendor2043]

The Mt Kilimanjaro joke had my dying.

[@branko8460]

It prints quite well with a 2# / #3 contrast filter split toned. Some of my favourite photos I've ever taken were on this stock.

[@sodapop9mm562]

Do you have any tips to get good prints from kentmere? I almost exclusively shoot hp5 or trix because I find them very easy to print. The kentmere for me always produces thin negatives. I love the way it scans, but I rarely scan anything anymore except contact sheets. I’d love to switch to it though, because it’s half the cost of tri x.

[@branko8460]

@@sodapop9mm562 Contrast filter 4, matte paper is my suggestion. If you can get the Ilford Hanenmulle' paper then go to town.

[@RYANPARKPHOTOGRAPHY]

I only tried kentmere pan 100 in 35mm once only (it was really contrasty and grainy). Keen to try one in 120 format.. not arrived yet in Australia..

[@sneakingelephant]

Was anyone else fascinated by the censored Baxter bag dangling around LOL

[@piershazelgrove]

That sponsor segway was smooth AF

[@jasper2771]

In school all we get is kentmere 400 for 35mm and even though we have enlargers I always scan at home so that I can increase the contrast as it really like makes the photos look good

[@LuisCalderon-bw2xh]

Always a good day when Jason uploads

[@danieltntbomb]

Your opening scene with the mtn dew is me on my last baja blast every year

[@cyrusf.4039]

might the flatness be related to the development? Your shots were great reminders of Marin. Thanks

[@ricefarmer2561]

new jason content=good day

[@santiagoalvarez209]

Whole office floor heard me trying to hold my laughter in after hearing Baxter eating

[@ldstirling]

I pushed Kentmere 400 to 3200 before. Results were much more contrasty than at box speed, that's for sure. I developed Semi-Stand in HC-110 at a dilution factor of 1:63, for 45 minutes. 30 seconds of inversion at the start of the development, then 2 inversions every 9 minutes till the end.

[@previnmarquez7119]

I can’t find Flamin Hot Mtn Dew anywhere near me, so I’ve been shooting a roll of Aerochrome each day until PepsiCo brings it back.

[@amosk24]

What a beautiful family 💟

[@gatsbye53]

A Christmas Miracle!

[@thijskennis8757]

That last portrait of Baxter is legit

[@tomwestbrook]

I’d recommend seeing if you can lay your hands on some Verichrome Pan (ASA 125) but maybe you’re not so much into BW. It was a nice film but I always used it in 120 back in the day (no idea if it was available in sheet sizes). It was available until the early 2000’s.

[@labonnemedia]

That gold chain.... I'll never be as cool as you no matter how hard I try.

[@tjalocha]

I like your style. If your negative is too thin or too low contrast to your taste, feel free to extend your development time in 10% steps. You will get higher contrast, but grain size will grow too. The given development times are a starting point only. The 400 looks underdeveloped in comparison to the 100.

[@RetireAt80]

One day if you get bored enough maybe try out Rollei retro 400s I've been digging it shooting it at 200 grains nice. I've only shot it on 35mm so I'd be curious to see it on medium format.

[@athmaid]

Smoothest transition to sponsor spot ever

[@ModernVintageFilm]

I hate every photo you take because they are better than every photo that I take. Love the compositions :)

[@tedhan1920]

This aspect ratio gets instant thumbs up.

[@Nolan6096]

You're a king.

[@VariTimo]

You should really try Rollei RPX 400. it’s made for Rollei by Ilford and is based on the original Agfapan APX 400 formula (not the new AgfaPhoto APX 400 which might be Kentmere). It‘s really interesting and unique. Definitely not right for low contrast developers but it can look great with normal to high contrast devs. It’s has a really interesting toe and grain.

[@jontout]

luckily Kentmere 120 is now available in the UK but I reckon we might need to add a filter to sort out the ever present clouds this time of year.

[@yxwns]

love your videos man theyre a big source of inspiration for me! just bought my first medium format camera, a Bronica ETRS and cant wait to get out and shoot with it :)

[@VariTimo]

Ilfords machines can’t really handles the chemicals for color film, so they’d need to do quite a bit of reworking to make that possible.

[@TylerFetterman4]

How do you do the ending motion effect? 13:10 Or is that a secret?

[@dhoomKetuKumar]

works fine pushed to 400 as well.

[@ItsJustFig]

cant wait to hear what my opinion on this film stock is

[@jimgoodin-analogphotography20]

Not that it has anything to do with the content but if I were an ad guy, great segue from your narrative about encouraging Ilford to do color into your solicitation for Squarespace. That said, nice tour of Kentmere 120 - I used my first 35mm roll of it today, processed in Caffenol this evening but not scanned - negatives looked okay. Entertaining and informative well done video and as another said is Baxter part seal?

[@dmytrochaika7570]

Kudos for the sponsor segway!

[@bhop.builds]

I've been shooting Kentmere 400 almost exclusively for the past 6 months or so, and recently started bulk rolling it, (in 35mm) but it's mostly because of film costs and my recent lack of work (freelancer life).. but that said, it's a decent film to shoot with that doesn't really make me feel like i'm settling too much. I do agree about the flatness of it. It's a lot of grey, but I think that gives a good starting point when it comes to post-editing since you can take the contrast in either direction. I think you had a comment in the beginning, something about b&w films looking similar, but I think if you shoot different ones long enough, you can really tell the difference. I used to shoot Tri-X as my go-to and still feel like it's the top of the line for my tastes, with HP5 coming in second place. Kentmere feels a little softer than both of them overall, maybe because of the greyness, or the amount of grain.. dunno, but overall, it's still worth shooting if you're on a budget and don't wanna switch to digital... your video makes me think I should pick up some of that 100 iso in 120 size. I've been wanting to shoot more medium format, so why not? 🤷‍♂

[@australianboy]

Oh snap you’re still drinking it 😂 talk about perseverance 👍

[@scottbrennan3262]

That lens is sick.

[@Karwan89PL]

Ha! I put your channel in Ilford's questionnaire for film photography YT channel :) And last time I've written it to you here, you said to reach you on instagram... and I did... only to feel just like you drinking this MD poison... no response from Kodak/Jason - choose one... Anyway, glad you had your chance to test it :) Fingers crossed for Aerochrome.

[@victorweber7163]

Loving the Christmas tree ! And nice video btw, very interesting :)