Arista Edu and converting it to different low contrast peaceful film by development

Pioneer said:

Mustafa, I live in the desert but it is not like what you are living in. However, as soon as I get an opportunity, Building on Stone's recommendation I will try a roll of my AEU400 at ISO50 and stand develop in Rodinal to see what comes out. It is overcast and cloudy today so it won't work. I have never tried this before so it might be interesting.

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I spoke in error, I was thinking he was using Arist(FOMA)100 not 400, so I was suggesting 2 stops under for the exposure index (essentially exposing 2 stops of over exposure and then pulling).

I'm so glad I caught your comment, so with 400 I would suggest shooting at 100 and pulling 2 stops, I think 3 stops might be too much. But either way the results might be interesting.

I also agree that FOMA in general tends to be contrasty in nature... All 4x5 FOMA100 shot at 100 and probably all developed in Rodinal.

Mustafa, I live in the desert but it is not like what you are living in. However, as soon as I get an opportunity, Building on Stone's recommendation I will try a roll of my AEU400 at ISO50 and stand develop in Rodinal to see what comes out. It is overcast and cloudy today so it won't work. I have never tried this before so it might be interesting.
Dan

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Dan ,

My sister won a scholarship from Harvard University and visited Texas ,Arizona ,Nevada and New Mexico . She was at Area 51 , climbed to the top of the Yucca Mountain with truck , spent 3 weeks at Carlsbad and crossed the Armagossa Valley and go under 300 meters in nuclear storage facility in Carlsbad and bringed me 250 million years old rock salt. I have hundreds of pictures , what a lovely place. She interviewed with local press and appeared on NM newspapers. I have Ansels Death Valley book also. She always cooks in tortilla and avid cook

Thank you Bill and Athiril as always .

Stone ,

Your pipe smoking man picture is awesome.

ps. Train is really looks excellent , extremelly sharp and graphics are readable.

If I could do it , I would be a very happy man.

Umut

I like the idea of peaceful film

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I love how these "I have these materials to work with, help" threads always turn into "screw what you have and use what I use" threads. It sure would be nice if we all could actually stick to what the OP asked and not self promote.

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Mustafa Umut Sarac said:

timor , I can go 400 to 50 maximum. With no dx 100 asa cartridges , +1 ev mode action at leica mini 2 and mini zoom , 400 to 50 and I can climb from there 50 to 100 only. No more action on these cameras.

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If you have metal cartridges you can create any DX coding you wish using just some sharp tip of the knife.

Mustafa Umut Sarac said:

Stone ,

Your pipe smoking man picture is awesome.

ps. Train is really looks excellent , extremelly sharp and graphics are readable.

If I could do it , I would be a very happy man.

Umut

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Thank you. I was only trying to demonstrate the high contrast. Appreciate the complement.

The train image took me almost 3 hours, many trains, the focus and sharpness was hard because of tilting to perfectly get all in focus, also I wanted to catch the truck moving on the highway above, so the timing had to line up. Thanks.

Stone,

I liked the tones very much , best edu photographs I have ever seen. I think it was at flickr or rangefinder forum , results were horrible.
When it comes to judging from the JPEGs , your jpeg or my jpeg does not differ , it is electronic file and comes in without loss. I was taking excellent pictures with barnacks and after selling them , I could not adapt to others. All my pictures are bullshit , especially the latest ones.
I cant make art with plastic camera , whatever brand it is. I have xa , nikon , 35s, leica mini 2 and zoom , and everything is horrible. Ah , leica , I think I will say Leica when I am dying , what a lovely camera.

Enjoy the Leica