Is Bergger Pancro 400 done, or just out of production again, for a long time?

[Sanug]

And FYI, this film does NOT age well as it approaches its expiration date!

What happens in detail? Bergger Pancro 400 has a high base fog and low contrast even when fresh. Will these issues get worse, or do you expect another kind of detoriation?

 

[retina_restoration]

What happens in detail? Bergger Pancro 400 has a high base fog and low contrast even when fresh. Will these issues get worse, or do you expect another kind of detoriation?

The fog base increases significantly over age. I had some (refrigerated!) that was a year past its date and developed it, and the negs were as thick as sunglasses. They were unusable. As it ages, the curl problem becomes significantly worse as well. I mean, it never laid flat after processing anyway, even when fresh. It is also inclined to do the "wrapper offset" thing if stored at room temperature or higher.

I used to like it a lot, but since it's almost never available anymore I have moved back to Tri-X.

 

[abruzzi]

I love TriX in 120, but I shoot more sheets at this point, and I have yet to try TriX 320, and I get the impression its a very different film. So for now, Bergger has been my favorite 400 speed film that covers all the formats I shoot.

 

[Disconnekt]

On Freestyle Photo's site they say they're expecting to get some 120 and 8x10 on Fiday the 24th (here: https://www.freestylephoto.com/category/1-Film?stock=0&mfg[]=175&q=), but that depends if there's no delivery delays between now and then

 

[retina_restoration]

Because of the five+ year gap in production of Bergger’s sheet film sizes, I’m done with Pancro 400. I see no reason to invest in a film that vanishes from the market for years at a time. I’m uninterested in having to plan for multi-year absences of a product, just when I’ve gotten to like it. That’s a hard no.