Tiny Black Specs on Arista EDU Ultra 100

[Jim Noel]

No such thing as "noise" in film. That is a digital term

[Timmyjoe]

Tim,

I have shot all 50 sheets - some did not have much of the spots and others look really bad, like the above. Perhaps I can call Freestyle and see if they will help me out? Only thing is all the time and travel spent creating the images and to have the spots is really disappointing. A good excuse to go back out shooting! Maybe this time with some FP4+.

I don't think I'd be shooting the Arista EDU if it weren't for that being the only film available right now in the 2.25" x 3.25" sheet size. If I were shooting 4x5 I'd go with Tri-X or one of the Ilfords. Arista just seems too dodgy with the quality control. And I agree with you, I was lucky that I found the problem when I was just doing some test shots. If I had spent time and money to travel and got back home and realized the film I was using was bad from the factory, I would be really upset.

Best,
-Tim

[Dugan]

FYI, Shanghai does a ULF program similar to Ilford, and 2x3 is one of the sizes available to order.