Arista EDU ultra 120 -400 Dev. Recommendations??

[tequilabong]

I"ve recently returned from my Route66 venture where I shot about 40 rolls of film......All the film was Arista EDU ultra 120 400 speed. I'm thinking of using HC110, and the film will be processed Rotary with a Jobo ATL1500....

I've tested a few rolls, at the 1:31 dillution......seems like at 75 degrees about 9 minutes looks fine......

As this is old style film, and the developer I believe is "old style", will this benefit the film by giving it an "older" look? Is there such a thing? Most prints will be 11x14, but some 16x20's will be done as well......

Thanks in advance.

Gordo

 

[Christopher Walrath]

I develop my Arista EDU ISO400 135 roll film in HC110 in a plain old S/S tank. I dilute it at 1:49 and process it for 6.5 minutes at 68F (20C). You might prolong that to 7 minutes for 120 roll film but that should get you started. Normal agitation, more or less, continuous 1st 30', two agitations every 30' after that.

 

[ntenny]

I've been happy with this film (Arista .EDU Ultra/Fomapan 400; I think I was shooting the Arista flavour, but everyone seems to agree they're identical) in HC-110 (dil B, 7 minutes at about 70 F, per the MDC). 9 minutes seems really long, especially at 75 F! Are you trying for unusually high contrast?

It has a reputation for being slower in practice than its ISO rating, but while I haven't done rigorous testing, I've been happy with it at 400 with this development regime. While it *is* an older emulsion, it doesn't have as much of a distinct "look" to my eye as, say, Fomapan 100---I don't think you'll get anything with a specifically "retro" character just by using this film. (I wouldn't say HC-110 is a particularly "old-style" developer, either; it's a fairly modern PQ acutance developer.)

It'd be interesting to try this film in Caffenol. I'd expect monstrous grain (hence really best to do it in MF rather than 35mm) and extreme sharpness, but I have no idea what the tonality would do...

-NT

 

[tequilabong]

Correction....I've been using the 1:63 dillution.......That is where my 9 minutes time looks fine....