Kodak’s New Black And White Films

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Eastman Kodak is continuing its recent push in film with the return of the Ektapan name, this time focused entirely on black-and-white photography. The new lineup includes ISO 100, 400, and P3200 variants, all built as continuous-tone panchromatic films. The Ektapan name itself has not been used in decades, it disappeared around 25 years ago when Kodak pushed photographers toward the T-Max series instead. What is interesting now is that these new Ektapan films seem to closely resemble those T-Max stocks, even though Kodak is bringing back the older branding instead of reusing the newer one.

On the technical side, the films use T-Grain emulsion, which relies on flat, tabular silver halide crystals rather than traditional cubic ones. In practice, that is meant to reduce visible grain while keeping resolution high, giving photos a cleaner look with stronger contrast and more defined edges. Kodak also points to wide exposure latitude, so the films should handle push and pull processing fairly well without falling apart in terms of image quality.

As for availability, Ektapan 100 and 400 will be offered in both 35mm (135) and 120 medium format, while P3200 is limited to 35mm. Pricing is pretty much in line with other Kodak black-and-white stocks right now, with 35mm rolls of ISO 100 and 400 at $10.99, and P3200 at $13.95. Five-roll packs in 120 come in at $44.99 for ISO 100 and $48.95 for ISO 400.