I found a shutter on ebay to replace the broken one on my pinhole camera. It is a Vario like the old one and it works perfectly. To celebrate I loaded a roll of Arista 100 and went to Tingley Beach to give the camera a trial run.
My sunlit exposures were in the four to seven second range, which seemed about right judging by the negative density. Arista may be Fomapan by a different name and it requires rather extreme compensation for low light work because of reciprocity failure. Not a problem on this occasion however given the Spring-like weather we have been enjoying.
Shooting the pinhole was a good opportunity to refresh my ability to foresee what would actually end up on the film. The endless depth of focus of the pinhole means focus is not an issue, but there is some guesswork in framing the subject given the ultra-wide view and the lack of a viewfinder with corresponding coverage.
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Both Arista and Fomapan yield pretty nice images, and the good contrast of the numerals on the backing paper is superior to about any other available 120 film. The reciprocity failure issue needs careful attention, but there is a good chart available online to assist with that.
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