Very contratsy, medium-grain, and not much latitude so keep an eye on your exposure , but results are gorgeous especially for Black and white printing!

Some say neigh, I say yay! More grain than an equine dinner, nice amount of contrast, and phenomenal amount of detail. Get yourself a Bergger Pan and cook up some juicy negs.

It's a grainy film, community members say. Like, is the Pope Catholic..? Do bears do whatever they do in the woods..?

Now bear with me but these were shot in pretty even, subdued light, so you'd hope for a bit of contrast.

Oh, go on then - I'll have a bit of tone on my Bergger too.

Scans came back a bit flat. And when I gave my Bergger and extra flip it turned out like, um, pretty noisy.

I've included a couple of before and afters to show what I mean.

And this was with minimal tinkering, as in a tiny bump to the DR and clarity.

Too much grain for my taste here.

It's not quite Bergger off. But not a film I'd choose for this kind of bread and butter stuff in future.

Had this in my film cupboard for ages and never got round to shooting it but when I did I was very pleasantly surprised by the results. Loved the tonal range. There is noticeable grain but nothing excessive. Really happy with how the shots came out and will definitely be buying more in the future!

Pancro 400 was only my second film using an old Practika nova 1, after more than 20 years of digital-only photography. This is a grainy film (which I knew) and worked well when I got the exposure right. I was keen to try it out on a trip to Tbilisi and some of the shots look as if they could have been taken back in the era of Brutalist architecture. I should have tried some portraits...! Still finding my way with film but enjoying the journey!