Rendering profile
- Sharpness
- high
- Tags
- dual emulsion, organic grain, wide latitude
- Best use cases
- portrait, street, reportage, studio, landscape
Film stock wiki
Bergger Pancro 400
Bergger Pancro 400 is a current-production ISO 400 panchromatic B&W film with a dual-emulsion (silver bromide + silver iodide) design offering organic grain and wide latitude.
Key specs
- Brand
- Bergger
- Model
- Pancro 400
- ISO
- 400
- Process
- BW
- Formats
- 135, 120
- Production status
- In production
- Introduced
- 2017
Grain
organic, medium
Contrast
medium
Saturation
Unknown
Latitude
wide (EI 100–1600)
Technical details
- Film base
- 135: 135µm acetate; 120: 100µm PET
- DX codes
- 135 format has DX coding
- Push/pull
- Rated EI 100–1600 with adequate processing; variable grain character by developer choice
Handling notes
- Development
- Compatible with most B&W developers; grain character varies with developer — fine-grain developers yield tighter grain, high-energy developers emphasize texture
Profile notes
Pancro 400 uses two emulsion layers of differing grain size precipitated by a computer-controlled double-jet process, giving organic tonal gradations and flexibility across EI 100–1600. The 35mm version is coated on a 135µm acetate base with DX coding; 120 uses 100µm PET. An undercoated anti-halation layer clears during processing. First released in large-format sheets at Photokina 2016, with 35mm and 120 arriving in 2017.
Aliases
Bergger Pancro400Bergger Pan 400
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