Anyone tried Bergger Pancro 400 135?

[Steve Ricoh]

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Has dual layer emulsion, silver bromide and silver iodide - sounds interesting, From what I've read it produces glorious blacks. Must give it a whirl.

[tobey bilek]

Look at film reviews on Emulsive.com.     

 

Opened my darkroom after 10 years to make prints and instruct my son who will have access to the best darkroom money could buy.  He loves it so far and is a quick learner.

 

I bought him 10 rolls of Bergger for his birthday.  Not pronounced burger as in hamburger.   It is French, Burget , as in Chevrolet.

 

Tobey quick review.   Film has some grain.  It is not like Tmax 100.    The image tones are beautiful and puts tri x to shame.  Grain is round like Bergger was 10 years ago so it is very even , well behaved, and not objectionable.  This comes from a fine grain addict.  I use D76 1:1.  Times are long but correct for diffusion enlarger.  Negs look flat,  but print well so do not go by appearance.   75F works fine to shorten times.

 

Add a few rolls to your next order with B&H, Adorama, or Freestyle.

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[chris_livsey]

I just received 5 rolls to try, I can't bring myself to shoot the last roll of P30 I have so it's next to load.

 

BTW the link above should be to emulsive.org

 

http://emulsive.org/reviews/film-reviews/bergger-film-reviews/bergger-pancro-400-35mm-part-1-ei-400-bracketed-1-stop

Edited October 4, 2017 by chris_livsey

[Steve Ricoh]

Look at film reviews on Emulsive.com.     

 

Opened my darkroom after 10 years to make prints and instruct my son who will have access to the best darkroom money could buy.  He loves it so far and is a quick learner.

 

I bought him 10 rolls of Bergger for his birthday.  Not pronounced burger as in hamburger.   It is French, Burget , as in Chevrolet.

 

Tobey quick review.   Film has some grain.  It is not like Tmax 100.    The image tones are beautiful and puts tri x to shame.  Grain is round like Bergger was 10 years ago so it is very even , well behaved, and not objectionable.  This comes from a fine grain addict.  I use D76 1:1.  Times are long but correct for diffusion enlarger.  Negs look flat,  but print well so do not go by appearance.   75F works fine to shorten times.

 

Add a few rolls to your next order with B&H, Adorama, or Freestyle.

Thanks for the mini review, I will definitely try it, but being uk based I will source from somewhere closer than B&H.

[chris_livsey]

Thanks for the mini review, I will definitely try it, but being uk based I will source from somewhere closer than B&H.

I used this UK source:

https://ntphotoworks.com/shop/?s=bergger&post_type=product

 

But note I took the last 5 rolls of 35mm now showing O/S, if you enquire they will give an estimate delivery I found them very helpful.