Arista-II Ortho Litho Film - Anyone use it in camera?

[c.w.]

I've been looking around for some sheet film to use with an old Polariod 95a, i was just wondering if anyone had used Arista-II Ortho Litho Film in camera. I'm interested in what speed i can expect, what developer to try, and maybe if it's possible to push it much, even if it turns out a little funky. It would be great to be able to use the camera handheld.

I'm interested in it since i can use it under safelight, so maybe i can figure out some way to get a couple of sheets in the the camera or something, and because it's so inexpensive.

 

[Mark Fisher]

Try here.....

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Jim Galli appears to have that problem solved. I have a bunch of 8x10 I'm anxious to try it on.

It is insanely slow (I think around 6.....others can confirm or deny)

 

[ricksplace]

Ihave shot a lot of it in camera. I shoot it at iso 5 and develop it in rodinal 1+150. You can work with the safelight on (red only!) when loading film holders and developing. I develop by inspection (about 7-9 min) with little agitation. The film has a very narrow lattitude, so your exposures need to be spot on to make use of what lattitude the film has. Results are contrasty and virtually grainless. The dilute rodinal and low agitation (one tray slosh every minute) reduces the contrast to manageable levels and you can print on grade 2 paper. I haven't had much uwith dilute dektol that some people use. Too contrasty and less acutance.

I bought a box of 5X7 and cut each sheet into 1-4X5 and 2-2X3. The 2X3's are a little short, but they work fine in 2X3 film holders. I get 100 4X5's and 200 2X3 out of a box of 100 5X7 sheets.

 

[c.w.]

Well darn, i was hoping it was faster than that. I've been using paper negatives so far, i was hoping it would be fast enough i could try some handheld stuff. I suppose i'll have to try some house brand 100 speed film.

Thanks.