{"id":977,"date":"2019-09-23T07:07:45","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T11:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/07\/film-review-blog-no-48-derev-pan-400\/"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:38:20","slug":"film-review-blog-no-48-derev-pan-400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/23\/film-review-blog-no-48-derev-pan-400\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Review Blog No. 48 – Derev Pan 400"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among those who have shot the Derev Pan line of films the favourite is Derev Pan 400, and I do agree with that. When I ran the beta tests for the film, it was Pan 400, that was my favourite. Being a 400-Speed film, I thought there would be more grain than I expected, images were super sharp, incredible tones and contrast. You can run this film through any situation and developer and get some incredible results!<\/p>\n

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Film Specs<\/strong>
\nType: Panchromatic B&W
\nFilm Base: Polyester
\nFilm Speed: ASA-400, Latitude: Suspected +\/- 2 Stops.
\nFormats Avaliable: 135 (35mm)<\/p>\n

Roll 01 – Kodak D-76<\/strong>
\nI have to say I came into the review already impressed with Pan 400, but the results I saw with this first roll in D-76 only proved my opinion. The first thing I noticed is that the grain on Pan 400 is far finer than what I found in Pan 100 and Pan 200. There’s also a higher contrast, which could be due to the harsh highlights and shadows in the early morning in the downtown. Yes, the images maintain a decent tonality across the spectrum. If this is how the film behaves in D-76 Stock, I will hazard a guess that the results are even better in a 1+1 dilution. It certainly gives me hope for even better results in the other rolls!<\/p>\n

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Minolta Maxxum 9 – Minolta Maxxum AF 100mm 1:2.8 Macro – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Kodak D-76 (Stock) 8:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Minolta Maxxum 9 – Minolta Maxxum AF 100mm 1:2.8 Macro – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Kodak D-76 (Stock) 8:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Minolta Maxxum 9 – Minolta Maxxum AF 100mm 1:2.8 Macro – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Kodak D-76 (Stock) 8:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Minolta Maxxum 9 – Minolta Maxxum AF 100mm 1:2.8 Macro – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Kodak D-76 (Stock) 8:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Roll 02 – Kodak HC-110<\/strong>
\nI think I undercooked this roll, but it doesn’t matter because I got some decent results all the same. While they might not fully show off what Derev Pan 400 can do in HC-110, I think it works all the same. The contrast is fairly high, with deep blacks and clean whites, but you still have a decent tonality. Sure there’s an uptick in grain, but still pleasing. Not to mention all these images retain that lovely sharpness I’ve come to enjoy with Derev Pan 400. I would bring the developing times up to at least six minutes if I used Dilution B again.<\/p>\n

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Nikon F90 – AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4D – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 5:15 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Nikon F90 – AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4D – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 5:15 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Nikon F90 – AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4D – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 5:15 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Nikon F90 – AF Nikkor 50mm 1:1.4D – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Kodak HC-110 Dil. B 5:15 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Roll 03 – Rodinal<\/strong>
\nI find it rather hilarious that the film stock that I thought would look the worst in Rodinal (even stand developed) would be Derev 400, I mean I had some bad experiences with Svema Foto 400. But the surprise is that Derev 400 looked just as good as the 100 and 200 options. But with a much finer grain, which is what blew my mind. While I think the stand-developing did not work 100% here, they were a little on the dark side but nothing that I couldn’t fix in Photoshop. It might have done better with a slight pull to ASA-320 to help bring up some of the shadows. However, there is a certain quality to these images with decent tones, high-contrast, not to mention sharpness and fine grain. I would love to see this film done in a regular dilution of Rodinal to see what the results could be; I’m sure they’ll be amazing.<\/p>\n

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Nikon F5 – AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8G VR – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Blazinal (1+100) 60:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Nikon F5 – AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8G VR – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Blazinal (1+100) 60:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Nikon F5 – AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8G VR – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Blazinal (1+100) 60:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Nikon F5 – AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm 1:2.8G VR – Derev Pan 400 @ ASA-400 – Blazinal (1+100) 60:00 @ 20C<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Final Thoughts<\/strong>
\nPersonally, Pan 400 is only my second favourite. It has amazing sharpness with a fine grain I have not yet encountered in a 400-speed film from Eastern Europe. Not to mention the speed with a touch of latitude needed for a fast film. I’m sure Derev 400 would respond wonderfully with a push or pull a stop or two in either direction. And while it is on a polyester base, it doesn’t suffer being super thin like Derev 200 and handles rather easily with both loading the film into the camera and onto plastic Patterson reels. While I did not include the images in this review, my favourite way to shoot and develop the film is with Pyrocat-HD with a slight pull to ASA-320, complete winner right there. If you’re looking to try something new and a little different, then I do suggest Derev Pan 400. The best place to purchase Derev Pan 400 is through the Film Photography Store!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among those who have shot the Derev Pan line of films the favourite is Derev Pan 400, and I do agree with that. When I ran the beta tests for the film, it was Pan 400, that was my favourite. Being a 400-Speed film, I thought there would be more grain than I expected, images were super sharp, incredible tones and contrast. You can run this film through any situation and developer and get some incredible results! Film Specs Type: Panchromatic B&W Film Base: Polyester Film Speed: ASA-400, Latitude: Suspected +\/- 2 Stops. Formats Avaliable: 135 (35mm) Roll 01 – Kodak D-76 I have toRead More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[126,22,565,73,18,74,78,132,833,57,419,82,449,29,75],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2977,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions\/2977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alexluyckx.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}