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I dug around in my refrigerator film drawer and turned up a roll of 120 Arista.Edu Ultra 400.  I decided to use it in my Mamiyaflex II which last shot about nine months ago.   I drove to the National Hispanic Cultural Center.  None of the buildings were open, so I walked around the grounds and made a few exposures.  Then I took a long walk along the river.  These are the three pictures I liked best from the day.

The Arista film did not give me quite the contrast and tonal range that I expect from Tri-X or TMAX on this occasion, but I think it is still pretty good, and the price is right.  I think that a little experimentation with developers and dilutions would produce results very close to the higher priced films.

The Sekor f3.5/7.5cm lens gives quite nice results.  The viewfinder is a little dim compared to my contemporary Kodak Reflex II.  It is an interesting example of early post-war Japanese technology which preceded a big leap into Mamiya's revolutionary C-line of twin lens reflex cameras.