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Film Showcase Arista Premium 400
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Edward Conde
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Dig this.. both the Arista and half frame!!! Temptation of the half-frame....
Yes - the EED is my favourite compact Pen - with 72 frames its almost like digital - just blast away with slightly different settings and one of them will come out right
Edward Conde
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Would this be the model you recommend to buy?Yes - the EED is my favourite compact Pen - with 72 frames its almost like digital - just blast away with slightly different settings and one of them will come out right
If you can find it - its less retro than the older 'S' (original and no meter) and 'EE/EES/D' (selenium cell). Also has a fast f1.7 lens. Some people look for the rare 'W' (for wide) which has a 25mm lens.
You also can't go wrong with a Pen F but thats a mini-SLR - its a sweet piece of engineering.
As a simple every-day carry camera something like the EED or Mju is easily pocket-able and reasonably well contoured. Unlike the Pen Fw/ lens (unless you get the rare & expensive pancake).
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Lawrence A.
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I never tried Arista 400, but the XA is a terrific little camera. I've never owned any of the original Pens. Time to do something about that. I did process film and print from them, though.
It's sad to see a good film disappear, though we will certainly see more of it. I don't know if it was Arista, but one of the companies stopped production because their sales didn't generate the income needed to maintain the coating machinery. There's a project for a mechanically brilliant entrepreneur: make smaller volume film manufacturing equipment. Without that, I fear out choices will continue to dwindle rapidly.
It's sad to see a good film disappear, though we will certainly see more of it. I don't know if it was Arista, but one of the companies stopped production because their sales didn't generate the income needed to maintain the coating machinery. There's a project for a mechanically brilliant entrepreneur: make smaller volume film manufacturing equipment. Without that, I fear out choices will continue to dwindle rapidly.
Edward Conde
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Arista was a rebrand of Tri-X… They still have Arista EDU Ultra 100 which is FOMAPAN 100 Classic and they also have a 400 speed film..
Edward Conde
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If you can find it - its less retro than the older 'S' (original and no meter) and 'EE/EES/D' (selenium cell). Also has a fast f1.7 lens. Some people look for the rare 'W' (for wide) which has a 25mm lens.
You also can't go wrong with a Pen F but thats a mini-SLR - its a sweet piece of engineering.
As a simple every-day carry camera something like the EED or Mju is easily pocket-able and reasonably well contoured. Unlike the Pen Fw/ lens (unless you get the rare & expensive pancake).
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Thanks for the info… I'd like to eventually get one… but I have way too many as it is.. but no Half Frames
Which is Fomapan 400
you certainly will, because it was Tri-X, which is still being manufactured of course.
So if you liked the Arista, just buy regular Tri-X.
Lawrence A.
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I never tried Arista, though I occasionally shoot Tri-X when I can't get HP-5, which I prefer.
More from the EED, battery was going so some of these were super-grainy; at least my duct-tape sealed the light leaks
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sesser
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I still have a few rolls. This was from a test roll in my recently acquired Voigtlander Bessamatic (and Septon 50mm f/2). Developed in Ilford DD-X: 8min @ 20º. I was worried about my fixer cause it's really old and has lots of floating bits in it It appears to have worked (after an 8min fix time) but I should probably get some new stuff...
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It appears to have worked (after an 8min fix time) but I should probably get some new stuff...Nigel by Mr. Sesser, on Flickr
Delux Condo by Mr. Sesser, on Flickr
Time by Mr. Sesser, on Flickr
You Are Here by Mr. Sesser, on Flickr
