Arista.EDU Ultra Graded RC Paper is a versatile medium weight resin coated paper for traditional and commercial black and white printing and enlarging. It has a neutral tonality to suit a wide range of applications, and its high-speed silver chlorobromide emulsion incorporates developing agents to facilitate rapid machine processing as well as faster processing times when developing by hand. As a graded paper, it has a fixed medium contrast value of grade 3 and responds solely to unfiltered, white light enlargement using tungsten or tungsten quartz halogen light sources.

This item is one box of 100 sheets of 5 x 7" grade 3 paper, and features a semi-matte surface finish.

For Traditional or Commercial B&W Prints    Medium Weight, Polyethylene Coated Base    Medium Contrast, Grade 3    High-Speed Silver Chlorobromide Emulsion    Neutral Tonality

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Where does this film come from?

A: According to the information we have, our current inventory's Country of Origin is Czech Republic. Please be aware this can change over the product's production life without notice.

Q: 2. Can you use this paper for outdoor pinhole photography?

A: Yes, the Arista EDU Ultra VC RC Paper (Glossy, 8 x 10", 25 Sheets) may be used for pinhole photography.

Q: 3. Can this paper be used in a pinhole camera and developed with paper developer?

A: Yes you can use Arista EDU Ultra Graded RC Paper in a pinhole camera and develop it with standard paper developers such as Dektol

Q: 4. Would this film fit in the 2x3 back of the Mamiya Super 23?

A: Yes! The Super 23's Type "A" film holder will take 2.25" x 3.25". The Type "J" holders take 2.5" x 3.5" though, so make sure of what you have!

Q: 5. Where can I find processing information for this film?

A: This is made to be processed in any standard developer. Follow the developer instructions.

Q: 6. The description says it compatible with magenta and yellow filters, 0-5...so does that mean its not compatible with 00?

A: In my experience, using the Ilford Multigrade 00 filter is fine with this paper.

Q: 7. I am new to this. How can I tell which side I should expose for the picture? I keep guessing wrong and getting black pictures.

A: The Arista EDU Ultra VC RC Paper (Pearl, 5 x 7", 250 Sheets) is only coated on one side, and that is the side to use.

Q: 8. where is the reciprocity data for this film?

A: The manufacture does not list the reciprocity on the Arista EDU Ultra 400 Black and White Negative Film (4 x 5", 50 Sheets). But a customer says he has for exposures longer than 1 second, he raises the exposure in seconds to the power 1.28. Bit best is to to a lot of experimenting on that.

Q: 9. Can I use D76 to develope this film? What developing time is recommended? Thanks.

A: Yes you can use D76 to develop Arista EDU Ultra 200 Black and White Negative Film (35mm Roll Film, 36 Exposures). The manufacture does not list the times for that film and D76, You might need to experiment. They list others in this pdf, https://bhpho.to/42YXqPr .

Q: 10. Does this film have DX encoding?

A: No.