{"id":149,"date":"2022-02-16T01:24:52","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T06:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2022-08-30T19:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T00:31:02","slug":"arista-not-pulling-its-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/2022\/02\/16\/arista-not-pulling-its-weight\/","title":{"rendered":"Arista Not Pulling It&#8217;s Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let&#8217;s try something different. I had one last roll of (slightly) expired Arista.EDU Ultra 400. We got another snow. So, it was a good time for another set of pictures. I wasn&#8217;t liking the grain and contrast the Arista was giving me, so I decided to experiment and pull the film one stop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-06-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-06-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-06-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-06-768x521.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Pulling&#8221; is where you treat a film as if it were a lower ISO. You then compensate for that by decreasing the development. The more common &#8220;pushing&#8221; is the opposite: you trade greater ISO film speed for more development (either in solution concentration or time). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-07-696x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-07-696x1024.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-07-204x300.jpg 204w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-07-768x1130.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The hope was to decrease the grain and get better contrast and detail. It improved things, but not as much as I was hoping. After shooting all of the Arista, I think that it wasn&#8217;t stored properly, and it was exposed to excessive heat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-11-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-154\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-11-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-11-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-11-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I set the camera ISO to 200 (one stop down from 400). In developing, I used a 50:1 dilution of Rodinal for 5 and a half minutes, agitating for the first minutes and then every 30 seconds for about 10 seconds. I did this by inverting the tank several times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-12-694x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-12-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-12-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-12-768x1134.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I found a nifty site that has all sorts of development times and details. You can check it out here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltruth.com\/devchart.php\">https:\/\/www.digitaltruth.com\/devchart.php<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"696\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-15-1024x696.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-15-1024x696.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-15-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-15-768x522.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This picture was heavily edited, not only for artifacts but brightness as well. I had to even it out quite a bit in post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"637\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-18-1024x637.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-18-1024x637.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-18-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-18-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I also got an appropriate flash for the camera. Now it fires every time, and I can tell it is communicating with the camera. That should make things easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"695\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-29-1024x695.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-158\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-29-1024x695.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-29-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-29-768x521.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I took this one as a test of the pulling process. I used the original zoom lens, which also has a macro feature on it. The underside of the middle processor should have some scratches visible, but the grain still obstructs most of the detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"699\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-31-1024x699.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-31-1024x699.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-31-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-31-768x524.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Buddy, Sam&#8217;s brother. The new flash did quite well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-36-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-161\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-36-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-36-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-36-768x1152.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Focus on constantly moving animals is&#8230; challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"700\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-37-1024x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-37-1024x700.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-37-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/08-37-768x525.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s try something different. I had one last roll of (slightly) expired Arista.EDU Ultra 400. We got another snow. So, it was a good time for another set of pictures. I wasn&#8217;t liking the grain and contrast the Arista was giving me, so I decided to experiment and pull the film one stop. &#8220;Pulling&#8221; is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,13,25,34,3],"tags":[76,6,113,22,10,37,26,82,7],"class_list":["post-149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-black-and-white","category-indoors","category-outdoor","category-problems","category-pushing-and-pulling","category-rodinal","tag-arista-edu-ultra-400","tag-black-and-white","tag-cheap-shots","tag-flash","tag-indoors","tag-outdoors","tag-problems","tag-pull-1","tag-rodinal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/163"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cfabz.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}