What is it? Arista 50, exp 2008

eli griggs · Jun 28, 2023

I found an unopened 100 ft. roll of this 35 mm film in my freezer, where it has lived since I bought it way back, I think from Freestyle, and can no recall which film manufacturer made it.

Any help will be greatly welcomed.

Cheers

Disconnekt · Jun 28, 2023

Most likely a rebadge of Ilford's Pan F+

Donald Qualls · Jun 28, 2023

Arista film brands have always been rebrands. The Arista .EDU line was original Forte, replaced by Foma as .EDU Ultra; they are also known to have relabeled Kodak and Ilford films rather a while ago. I agree, Pan F is a good guess for ISO 50 under the Arista label. Efke is another possible candidate; they had an ISO 50 film and might have supplied film for rebranding for a time.

Paul Howell · Jun 28, 2023

2008 and 2009 were the some of the worst years for analog photography, Although both Iiford and Kodak claimed that they did not sell their branded film for rebranding, in those few years I think both did.

eli griggs · Jun 28, 2023

Yes, Arista was a rebranding product, and I believe Pan F(+) was the film I bought, but it's good to ask others, as l'm trying to avoid opening it just to clip a test strip to make sure.

Ekfe, is my second guess, I'm pretty sure it's no a Kodak product, vaguely recalling a conversation on that topic around the time you I bought that it.

Cheers, more conversation on this question will be helpful.

MattKing · Jun 28, 2023

Arista was, and is, Freestyle's house brand. Everything with Arista on it has been made by others, pursuant to contract.
As Paul Howell posted above, in and around 2008 the world was awash with film that was difficult to sell.

Zathras · Jun 28, 2023

I used Arista 120 film years years ago that had "Exposed Ilford Film" printed on the sealing
label at the end of the roll. If your film box has Made In England, Made in Great Britain or
Made In UK printed on it, it's almost certainly re-branded Ilford film. If it is NOT Arista.edu
or Arista.edu Ultra, it was most likely made by ilford.

Donald Qualls · Jun 29, 2023

eli griggs said:
I'm pretty sure it's no a Kodak product,

Kodak didn't have an ISO 50 product, like, ever. Panatomic X was ASA 32 after the 1960 ASA rating change, and Tech Pan was officially rated at ASA 25 (as I recall), and that's the slowest B&W camera film I recall Kodak offering.

Zathras said:
If it is NOT Arista.edu
or Arista.edu Ultra, it was most likely made by ilford.

There is pretty good understanding that Freestyle did obtain and rebrand some Kodak products at one time -- Tri-X 400, as I recall. Obviously not likely to be sold as ISO 50...

eli griggs · Jul 4, 2023

Cheers, y'all and the very best of the Fourth, wherever you may be!

What is it? Arista 50, exp 2008

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