I am in two minds about this film; I like a bit of grain to add character and this film has grain in abundance but that does mean that details get lost as a result. Therefore a film to use if you are bothered about detail. It also wasn't quite as contrasty as I would like (I found myself adding some contrast in post). Overall, however, it seems very dependable with a decent amount of latitude.

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!

First time using this film and decided to try it on some street photography as I expected it to be quite grungy. It is far grainier than any other 400 speed film I've used before, but great value. Developed for 10:30 in Ilford DD-X 1+4.

As many have pointed out, this one is for the fans of grainy black-and-white pictures. Because of such heavy grain look, it has this attractive "dirty" underground look, which is quite exciting to experiment with.

Another brand I will come back to. Loved the grain and shot movement well. Prefer this for portraits but still happy with the landscape shots I got

Bit lumpy - my fault, not the film's - but can see some potential with more evenly-lit stuff rather than at/into the light.

For my first roll off of which I am reviewing this film I had the film developed in D-76, so using different developing chemicals may lead to a vastly different result to me, also as I had taken my camera through the radiation labs certainly more grain came from that too, but besides that, when comparing to HP5 Bergger Panchro 400 holds up really well and likely can be pushed a lot harder with the right developer thanks to it's massive range, making it genuinely difficult to get a bad photo with.

First time using Pancro 400 and well impressed. One or two were a bit grainy but I think that was my fault. Perfect for the canal reflection shots and more reflection shots I took at ponds.Would also suit my woodland shots as well I think. 10/10 from me.

It's my first time using this film in a new point and shoot and I quite liked it, but will try using it again with a different camera. Quite grainy but nice!

But it was exactly what I was going for in my photography journey. The grainy look adds a lot of character, so if you choose this film, you need to be conscious enough of what kind of look you might get.