Kenj8246
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Crop from a shot of a local veteran's park bronze. Cambo 45, Kodak Ektar 127, AristaEDU Ultra 200, Rodinal 1+50.
WWII bronze GI by kenj8246, on Flickr
Kenny
WWII bronze GI by kenj8246, on FlickrKenny
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Tom hicks
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Kenny, are you sure that's not you reading the Cambo ( how to manual )
Looks good bud.
Looks good bud.
Kenj8246
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If it was me and I was reading anything , I'd have bifocals on. 🙂
mfogiel
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I find this film better suited for portraits than landscape - it has limited capacity in overexposure. Try it also @EI125 in FX39 1+14, 9 mins.
Kenj8246
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I wish I was more interested in shooting 'folks'. I just don't know enough about posing and am basically more comfortable around me. FX39, you say?
Kenny
Kenny
mfogiel
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charjohncarter
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I purchased Arista Liquid Developer and tried it with AristaEDUultra 100 (at 50).
maxwell1295
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^^That is beautiful^^
Bob T
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I purchased Arista Liquid Developer and tried it with AristaEDUultra 100 (at 50).
Excellent, the tones are awesome!
Kenj8246
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Gosh, John, that IS nice. Looks like a trip to Freestyle is in order. 🙂
charjohncarter
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Kenj8246,
That Arista developer is easy to use: 75ml of developer add enough water to make 750ml (no messy powders or liquid dripping down the side of a bottle). I shoot at 50 and do 7.5 minutes, minimal agitation.
That Arista developer is easy to use: 75ml of developer add enough water to make 750ml (no messy powders or liquid dripping down the side of a bottle). I shoot at 50 and do 7.5 minutes, minimal agitation.
Kenj8246
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Thanks. Appreciate the tips. Sounds like you're using it one shot at 1+9? I see some folks also recommending a 1+19 dilution.
Tom A
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Arista Premium 400, Rodinal 1:60 for 11 min.
Kanazawa, Market.
Leica MP, Nokton 35mm f1.4 SC
Kenj8246
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I'm fairly certain that testing was involved 🙂 but just outa curiosity, Tom, how did you arrive at 1+60?
Kenny
Kenny
Steve M.
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Arista EDU Ultra 100 is a very good film. Make sure you shoot it at 50 ISO though. I was getting terrible results at 100, and 50 solved that. If you go w/ Rodinal, don't over agitate or you will have grain issues. If you LIKE grain, agitate away.
These first 2 shots are from Arista EDU shot at 50 (25 w/ a yellow filter) and developed in Rodinal, the third and fourth are from Tri-X, (shot at 100 w/ a yellow filter) and developed in Rodinal. Myself, I like the tonality more w/ Tri-X, and there's not that much difference in price. These are scans. In darkroom prints, the grain is way less noticeable than what you see here. I didn't spend much time getting either combination dialed in, as I'm a Tri-X and D76 guy, but if you did 3 or 4 tests you could make the Arista and Rodinal suit your needs, which is the attraction of Rodinal.
These first 2 shots are from Arista EDU shot at 50 (25 w/ a yellow filter) and developed in Rodinal, the third and fourth are from Tri-X, (shot at 100 w/ a yellow filter) and developed in Rodinal. Myself, I like the tonality more w/ Tri-X, and there's not that much difference in price. These are scans. In darkroom prints, the grain is way less noticeable than what you see here. I didn't spend much time getting either combination dialed in, as I'm a Tri-X and D76 guy, but if you did 3 or 4 tests you could make the Arista and Rodinal suit your needs, which is the attraction of Rodinal.
Tom A
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Well some testing involved, but the primary reason was that my graduate is a 25ml one - and for 1500 ml of water - a full 25 ml graduate would give me 1:60. I just gave it a 30 sec longer development to compensate for the lesser volume. Rodinal is usually more sensitive to agitation than minute difference in dilution.
Kenj8246
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Very nice results, indeed, Tom and Steve. I've not done any testing but I do notice that, to a degree, the less agitation I do with Rodinal, the better the results. Thanks for posting the examples, everyone…gives me something to 'shoot' for, so to speak.
Kenny
Kenny
charjohncarter
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Kenj8246, I know nothing, to quote Sgt. Schultz, about Arista Liquid developer. I was ordering Arista fixer and by accident ordered the developer. So I used it. No testing just tried it and it worked fine. Ask me 4 months if the bottle is still good, as I only use it for Arista EDU ultra 100.
By the way,and this is just an impression of mine, I feel that the quality control of Arista films (Fomapan) has really improved of the last, I don't know, 7 years?.
By the way,and this is just an impression of mine, I feel that the quality control of Arista films (Fomapan) has really improved of the last, I don't know, 7 years?.
Kenj8246
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To be perfectly honest, John, I buy Arista because of the price. That said, however, I find it to be a pretty good film for my skill level and uses.
Kenny
Kenny
charjohncarter
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There are are few things wrong with Arista EDU ultra 100, but with careful exposure and development you can get good tones and a moody feel in low light. I find the film overly sensitive to blue so sky washes out but at the other end shadows are improved. It is like everything in life and photography; you have to adjust for your (or your films) pluses and minuses.
Low light with a lovely but poor lenses:
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