[Leica] ILFORD Pan 400

[Gerry Walden]

Personally I had never heard of this film, and an Internet search seems to indicate it is an alternative version of HP5+, a film that I never liked very much because of its large grain. It seems to be that Pan 400 is only marketed in certain areas. I personally prefer T-grain films and in particular the films made by Fuji. I have found their Neopan range, including the 1600iso and the C-41 versions, very good and scan easily. As always, these things are down to personal taste, and the Kodak T-Max range and Tri-X have always been popular choices.

Gerry

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> On 2 Jul 2017, at 07:55, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:
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> There is or was Ilford Delta 400 a tab grain film which is great. And Hp5 a more traditional film.
> I always use tab grain films they are twice as sharp and twice as fine grain as traditional films.
> One of the few films I never has any luck with was HP5. IN any developer dilution combination, I ever tried it with.
> Delta 400 with Xtol 1:3 will make people think you are shooting a 100 film or slower.
> Tri x has been reformulated since I last used it. I last used it in 1999 and the tab grain films “Neopan 1600 and 400” put it to shame.
> I’ll never use it again. Another reason is the cloying adulates it gets on internet chat lists from people who couldn’t find themselves in or out of a darkroom.… 
> It was invented in 1955. Way past the golden age of black and white photography so if you want that don’t use Tri x.
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> Mark William Rabiner
> Photographer
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> On 7/2/17, 1:44 AM, "LUG on behalf of Dan Khong" <lug-bounces+mark=rabinergroup.com at leica-users.org on behalf of dankhong at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>    Folks
> 
>    Has anyone got experience with this film? How does it compare to, say, HP5
>    and Tri-X?
> 
>    Thanks.
> 
>    Dan K.
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