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

2016-01-14 Thread 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 t

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

2016-01-13 Thread 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:

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

2016-01-13 Thread 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

Has any one used Arista EDU 120 film lately?

2016-01-13 Thread P.J. Alling
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. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortali