Another Developer with Bergger Pancro 400

 I've always developed Bergger Pancro 400 with either HC110 B or these Ilfotec HC 1+31 (which is B dillution in Kodak world). I recently grabbed a bottle of Ilfotec DDX which is Ilford's answer to Tmax Developer. You get a compensating developer with DDX which shooting with Bergger Pancro 400 in a Leicaflex SL2 with a meter while steady as a rock isn't calibrated for 1.5 volt battery. To cover my interpreation of "Sunny 16" or more accurately  "1/125 at F8" considering the overcast skies. I love the end results! 

That said I would love to try Berspeed Developer but I need to find developing times for my go to black and white film stocks. I still have decent inventory of Pancro 400, and I have that internal debate, " Do I order more from Fotoimpex?" If I do it will be 20 more rolls, because Pancro 400 is a decent all around film that prints very nicely, either in wet darkroom or in a 'zine. I like the grain, and the tonality. 



Camera: Leicaflex SLR, 2 Cam 50 f2 Summicron Lens. 

Film: Bergger Pancro 400, Ilfotec DDX 1+4. 



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