I have had the pleasure of meeting some pretty great people through photography but Peter & Javier are really up there. Javier’s lady Amy introduced us back in October of 2020, she told me her boyfriend and his brother were opening a film lab down in Miami and they were in search of some cameras and darkroom equipment. They had the plan of having a storefront selling cameras, books and other film related things up front, a full film processing lab and a community darkroom to go along with it. They flew up here, rented a van, came to our house and spent countless hours looking through cameras I had for sale and taking all the darkroom equipment I could give them. Here we are in September of 2021 and Palm Film Lab has been in full swing for a while now. They have an absolute beautiful operation down there, they take film processing, scanning and customer service to the next level. So when they decided to come out with their own film, to say I was excited was an understatement. They started with a Panchromatic 100 and 400 in both 35mm and 120mm. Here’s what they have to say about them.
Palm 100
A private label, 100 ISO black & white panchromatic 35mm film based in Miami, FL
Yields high contrast and medium grain with our recommended developers
Non-DX Coded (100 ISO recommended for point & shoots as default ISO
Palm 400
A private label, 400 ISO black & white panchromatic 35mm film based in Miami, FL
Yields high contrast and medium grain with our recommended developers
Non-DX Coded (100 ISO recommended for point & shoots as default ISO)
Im excited to say i’ve put a few rolls of the 100 iso & 400 iso 35mm through a few different cameras I have around the house. I processed all these rolls by hand in diafine, 80 degrees for 5 mins in solution A, 5 mins in solution B, a water stop and then a fix for 7 mins. These were all scanned using my Epson V600. Im really thrilled about the results and I probably won’t be picking up any other Black And White film for a very long time. Thanks again Peter & Javier.
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Palm Panchromatic 100 ISO With Olympus Stylus 3.5
Palm Panchromatic 100 ISO With Canon EOS 1N & 40mm 2.8
Palm Panchromatic 400 ISO With Canon Elan 7e & 40mm 2.8
Palm Panchromatic 400 ISO With Canon EOS 1N & Nifty Fifty
