Re: Has any one used Arista EDU 120 film lately?

[Mark C]

I tried a sampling of  120 size Arista Edu Ultra 400 a couple of years 
ago. I did not care for it and would not buy it again. It curled very 
badly but that alone would not be an issue for me - I use glass negative 
holders that will hold the film flat.  I just did not care for the grain 
or the tonality. I am not sure it really is an ISO 400 film but did not 
have the chance to test it much.


I think that with the right experimentation in exposure and developing 
could bring the best out of the film.  But, as inexpensive as it was I 
did not see anything there worth investing time in.  But some people use 
this film and like it.


I only tried the ISO 400 film. I did not try the ISO 100 or 200 
variants.  In the past I used a good bit of Classic Pan ISO 200, which 
was a high silver old style film, perhaps made by Forte. I loved it 
despite it being very curly. I was hoping the the Arista would be 
similar, but it is not.


I'd recommend getting a couple of rolls to test out.

Mark

On 1/13/2016 9:48 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
Freestyle Photo has it on sale and I think I want to buy 10 rolls. But 
I've heard of issues with curling.  Really bad curling.  Tried a 
Google search and there's nothing about it being posted anywhere 
recently.





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Re: Has any one used Arista EDU 120 film lately?

[Darren Addy]

Re: film curling
Found this suggestion worth trying: "Once it is dry and cut, sleeve it
and close it in a book. In a day or two it will be as flat as a sheet
of paper. This is what I've done with Efke, old VC pan, Lucky, and
other curly films."

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 8:56 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:
> No personal experience, but you may appreciate this 2015 thread:
> http://www.apug.org/forums/forum37/140226-anyone-tried-arista-edu-ultra-film-2.html
>
> As you say, many of the curling issues are from posts years ago and
> some say it has to do with how you dry it.
>
> There is a Foma film group on Flickr where you might get some answers
> from users.
> https://www.flickr.com/groups/86738082@N00/
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 8:48 PM, P.J. Alling  
> wrote:
>> Freestyle Photo has it on sale and I think I want to buy 10 rolls. But I've
>> heard of issues with curling.  Really bad curling.  Tried a Google search
>> and there's nothing about it being posted anywhere recently.
>>
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Re: Has any one used Arista EDU 120 film lately?

[Darren Addy]

No personal experience, but you may appreciate this 2015 thread:
http://www.apug.org/forums/forum37/140226-anyone-tried-arista-edu-ultra-film-2.html

As you say, many of the curling issues are from posts years ago and
some say it has to do with how you dry it.

There is a Foma film group on Flickr where you might get some answers
from users.
https://www.flickr.com/groups/86738082@N00/



On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 8:48 PM, P.J. Alling  wrote:
> Freestyle Photo has it on sale and I think I want to buy 10 rolls. But I've
> heard of issues with curling.  Really bad curling.  Tried a Google search
> and there's nothing about it being posted anywhere recently.
>
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