Ordered 50 Rolls of Arista Premium

Nh3 · 10-21-2008

I usually don't post about gear and purchasing stuff but the reason I posted this is to show that my plunge to film seems to be unstoppable and secondly I would like to know from fellow Canadians on how long it usually takes for their order from freestyle to arrive? I selected the airmail option and freestyle did not give me a tracking number. The order was shipped on Oct 16.

I'm feeling quite impatient.

Nh3 · 10-21-2008

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Originally Posted by Keith

Anything I order from Freestyle normally gets here to OZ in around seven days ... I don't know about Canada ... is it somewhere near Australia?

Since they use airmail for international orders, that gives me an indication of the time line. So far it has been 5 days including the weekend.

I have this bad habit of sometime getting fixated about the delivery of an item bought online.

cjm · 10-21-2008

I feel spoiled that their warehouse (open to the public) is only 5 minutes from my work.

Nh3 · 10-21-2008

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Originally Posted by cjm

I feel spoiled that their warehouse (open to the public) is only 5 minutes from my work.

You lucky...

back alley · 10-21-2008

2 weeks from u.s. to canada, you can thank canada customs.

Nh3 · 10-21-2008

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Originally Posted by back alley

2 weeks from u.s. to canada, you can thank canada customs.

grrr...

that really sucks...

sam_m · 10-21-2008

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Originally Posted by Keith

That sounds like heaven to me! Sadly with the Oz dollar hovering in the mid sixties I won't be buying much for a while!

Supprisingly though Keith, even now it can often be cheaper to buy from the US, even with the dollar's dive and the shipping costs, provided you buy 40 rolls or so.

Nh3 · 10-23-2008

Well, I received my film today so it took a week. The film was really well-packed and I'm very happy with freestyle.

pesphoto · 10-23-2008

wow!! Im drooling a little. Very jealous!! Enjoy and let us know how it does for you.

Nh3 · 10-23-2008

thanks.

picking up the package was even more exciting than the times that i have bought a camera or a lens.

peter_n · 10-23-2008

Post a couple of shots if you can. Where were you in Germany? I was in Berlin recently - loved it!

kxl · 10-23-2008

There's an Arista Premium group in flickr, but there are only 5 members right now. If you have a flickr account, join our group and post your images.

wayneb · 01-02-2009

I wanted to chime in on this thread since some of you have bought this film. I bought perhaps 10-20 rolls (both 100 and 400) myself and some of the rolls are great. But then a few of the 100 rolls were 2 stops overexposed. I checked the meter on my contax G, which is generally pretty good, against other meters, and it was not the problem. I then set the iso to 400 on the camera and this latest roll came out perfectly. Have not had any problems with the 400, so I'm suspecting some of the 100 is mis-labeled 400?

Anyway, heads up before you use the 100 to shoot your baby being born or your best friend's wedding.

Chriscrawfordphoto · 01-02-2009

Wayne,

what did the edge marks on the film say?

marke · 01-03-2009

Interesting to hear about the 100, Wayne. So far I've shot 100 and 400, and have had no problems. I appreciate the heads up though.

Which reminds me...I need to order more!!!

david.elliott · 01-03-2009

I have 15 rolls of 400 incoming.

mabelsound · 01-03-2009

The 400 is terrific. It is absolutely Tri-X.

astroman · 01-03-2009

Just Purchase 30 rolls of 400.Freestyle was great to deal with.I also live in Canada it took 10 days to recieve the package which isnt bad.
Have yet try the film as the wheather here has been very very cold.

vieri · 01-03-2009

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Originally Posted by marke

Interesting to hear about the 100, Wayne. So far I've shot 100 and 400, and have had no problems. I appreciate the heads up though.

Which reminds me...I need to order more!!!

Same here - and same here!

Ronald_H · 01-03-2009

Do they ship to Europe?

Svitantti · 01-03-2009

I wonder if Wayne overdeveloped the negatives?

gb hill · 01-03-2009

I have 8 rolls I wish to shoot if the weather will co-operate. From what I have seen the film looks great. I have been playing around with HC-110 but I think I will use D-76 on this.

wayneb · 01-03-2009

I double checked, the side of the negatives does say 100.

I changed from iso 100 to 400 mid-roll, the first half of the roll is way overexposed, the second half is perfectly exposed. Seems unlikely if there was a development mistake that it would be perfectly exposed at 400.

I use a pretty good photo shop that never has a problem with any other film stock (bw or color, e6, 4x5, etc). Since this has happened over a few trips to this shop, I think it's unlikely they have made a mistake just with this film (and not the iso400 arista).

Hopefully it's just me and YMMV.

FA Limited · 01-03-2009

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Originally Posted by Nh3

Since they use airmail for international orders, that gives me an indication of the time line. So far it has been 5 days including the weekend.

I have this bad habit of sometime getting fixated about the delivery of an item bought online.

how much is shipping to Toronto?

Tom A · 01-03-2009

I bought a 1000 ft of Arista Premium 400 earlier in the fall. I have been using it with reloadable Nikon cassettes and also loaded some Tri X at the same time. It is basically the same film. It responds the same way to developers and exposure as Tri X. I have been using it for trying out Xtol/Rodinal combination and rating the film at 400.