Bergger Panchro 400
Achmevlich beach The figure in the grass is Kara. Fuji GW690ii f/11 at 1/30s. Toning in Capture One
In the camera from 11th-12th July 2020. £5.50 from Analog Wonderland.
| Brand | Type | ISO | Format | Exposures | Camera | Lens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergger | Panchro | 400 | 120 | 8 | Fuji GW 690 ii | Fixed Fuji 90mm |
| Frame | Image | Aperture | Shutter | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Achmelvich beach | f/11 | 1/15s | tripod, yellow filter, 11 July |
| 2. | Achmelvich beach | f/11 | 1/30s | Header image |
| 3. | Achmelvich beach | f/16 | 1/8s | rocks |
| 4. | Stac Pollaidh, Suilven, Canisp | f/32 | 1/15s | |
| 5. | Stac Pollaidh, Suilven, Canisp | f/16 | 1/60s | |
| 6. | Stac Pollaidh, Suilven, Canisp | f/11 | 1/125s | |
| 7. | Stac Pollaidh | f/16 | 1/60s | from beach |
| 8. | Stac Pollaidh | f/32 | 1/15s |
Development
I decided to "semi-stand" develop this film in Rodinal1 at 1+99 (in English, 1% solution by volume) for an hour. Stand development means no agitation: solutions must therefore be gently poured into the Paterson tank, to avoid bubbles of air being trapped between the film surfaces. This process is called semi-stand because of the turn half-way through. I followed the recipe kindly posted by Gerald Greenwood. That post is well worth a read and made me laugh out loud. Gerald seems to be a man after my own heart: bored with manly men acting like boys comparing toys, and just wanting good, consistent results.
| Step | Details | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Prep clean water | About 2 litres at 20°C | |
| Load film | Load film onto spool, place in tank | In Paterson bag |
| Mix developer | Pour 495ml water onto 5ml solution | - |
| Pre-rinse | Soak the film in water | 1 minute, pour out |
| Develop | Pour developer into tank, agitate for 30 seconds, tap tank | Start timer |
| 30 minutes turn | Gently turn twice and tap | Removes "halo" in full stand development |
| 60 minutes | Pour out and rinse thoroughly under a tap. | No stop bath needed. |
| Mix fixer | Use 1+4 (20%) dilution: 100ml + 400ml | |
| Fix | Pour in fixer solution | Bergger say 6 minutes |
| Agitate | Once per minute for 10 seconds | |
| Keep the fixer | Pour into a bottle | Reusable, 8-10 rolls of 120 |
| Wash | 2 or 3 times, with agitation | Water |
| Rinse | Lots (40) of agitation | Water & drop of washing up liquid |
| Dry | Hang, squeegee |
Scanning
Scanning this on an Epson Perfection V600 produces tif images with a Gray (sic) colour space that image processing software can't understand, because they require files to be in RGB colour space. Conversion is easy enough, using ImageMagick:
$ magick img20200716_02.tif -set colorspace RGB -type truecolor img20200716_02.tiff
This tends to significantly lighten the image, yet the detail is retained in highlights and shadows, and can be adjusted in Capture One.
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R09 One Shot. ↩