Arista 8X10 ... How Tri-X is it?

[SteveKarr]

So being a Photo Assistant in Phoenix in a recession, it's not easy to shoot anything ... let alone 8x10. So I've been playing with X Ray film & Paper negs.


But on those days when shooting Real Film comes to play, how are the Arista EDU films? Is it T- Grain? Don't care for T grains.

I shot loads of Tri-X and of course love it. It's Tri-X after all, but at $5.00 a sheet lately I just can't afford to shoot it & eat too.

So a $2 a sheet film is very welcome.

It's hard to be Free & Creative when money's on the brain.
Any thoughts ?

Thanks!
Steve

[BarryS]

Arista EDU Ultra 200 (Fomapan 200) isn't a T-grain film, but it isn't a straight conventional grain structure either. In any case, the tonality is beautiful and it's very sharp and fine-grained. I found the big downsides to be the soft emulsion and the terrible reciprocity failure. When the light starts to go, you might as well pack up. I also occasionally found defects in the film. It's worth a try, but it's not Kodak (or Ilford) quality.

[BetterSense]

I've shot it quite a bit. Beautiful tones, sharp, pretty grain, much slower than box speed, terrible reciprocity, develops fast, and I've found one emulsion defect out of 100 or so sheets.

[venchka]

I'm a rank novice, but I am pleased with my results @ 100 and Xtol 1:3. 4x5.

[David Karp]

I use the 200 version in 5x7 and really like it. Well worth investigating.

[eddie]

i have been using it for years now in 4x5, 5x7 , 8x10 , and 11x14. awesome stuff. i actually have some other films to try suck as tri x and hp5 but i always reach for the arista....i just know it. i could learn the others as well but i have not.

the reciprocity SUCKS bad on arista. i used it on pinhole photography for years....killed a lot of time!

almost all the photos i post here and at apug are on arista.

eddie

i develop in pyro hd 2:2:100 for 8 min and hc110 63:1 for 9 min. i have also tried the two bath pyro at 1:20 for 4 min per bath. i am still experimenting with the two bath.

[Gem Singer]

Same film as the original, discontinued Bergger BPF 200?

I still have some in my freezer.

A nice film when developed in pyro.

[theBDT]

Have you considered Efke 100? It has better reciprocity, and is still rather economical...

[Deniz Merdanogullari]

I use this film aswell..
And found many many defective sheets in 5 boxes.
Does very good AZO G3 prints
I cooked it in Rodinal before, now gonna try with some XTOL

[SteveKarr]

Hi Everyone,
So when does reciprocity start to show it's ugly head? 1 sec, 10 sec ... 1/15 !
Seem most of you guys like it except for that.

If I stay under 5 sec or use strobes am I ok?

And Pyro HD seem a fav too ... is this true?

Thanks & Happy Thanksgiving!!

Steve