Looking for Arista 400 sample photos? These ArtByPino frames were shot on Arista 400 black-and-white film with a RETO Ultra Wide & Slim and a Pentax K1000 — an affordable ISO 400 black and white negative film often sold for the educational market, yet capable of results that surprise photographers who dismiss it as a “cheapie.”
Some of these images were shot on the older Arista 400, made by Foma (Fomapan 400), and some on Arista 400 DX, which is Kentmere 400 (Harman, UK) in a DX-coded cassette. Both deliver classic grain, solid contrast, and a characterful look for street and documentary work.
Bell at the McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, Pentax K1000University Drafthouse, McAllen — Arista 400 35mm, Pentax K1000Cactus at the McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, Pentax K1000Cactus art at the McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, Pentax K1000Bell at the McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, Pentax K1000Cactus at the McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, Pentax K1000Cactus at the McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, Pentax K1000Rusted pipes and valves on the engine that drove the old water pumps, McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, Pentax K1000BUDA nameplate on the engine that drove the old water pumps, McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, Pentax K1000Looking up at a cluster of tall fan palms against a pale sky, with leafy branches overhead, at Atrium Place Apartments, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimCouple sitting on the edge of a courtyard fountain, with palms and arched windows behind them, Casa de Palmas Hotel, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimArched arcade walkway with dark wooden ceiling beams, a bench and sunlit patches on the tile floor, Casa de Palmas Hotel, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimCourtyard fountain under a large tree with hanging aerial roots, with white wicker chairs and a balconied arcade, Casa de Palmas Hotel, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimTwo-story “The Tortilleria Factory” building with a balcony and power lines along a side street, downtown McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & Slim
The Tortilleria Factory, also known as El Pocito, is a historic family-run tortilla shop and restaurant tucked into an alley between Beaumont and Chicago avenues in downtown McAllen, Texas. Founded in the mid-1930s by Aurelio Balli Tijerina and Herminia Gonzalez Balli, it still makes corn tortillas the traditional way — fresh masa shaped in a cast-iron press and cooked by hand on a comal — and is known for its gorditas and tamales.
Lettered cube sculpture balanced on one corner in a brick-paved courtyard in front of an arched building, at the Art Village on Main, McAllen — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimLooking up at a row of tall fan palms leaning against a pale sky, with leafy branches at left, at Atrium Place Apartments, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimView from upstairs over a tree to the fenced pool and walkway at Atrium Place Apartments, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimSpiky trunk of a silk floss tree with roots spreading through the grass against a wall, at an apartment complex in McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimModern two-story panel-clad building beside a parking lot, with a curved sidewalk and a sculpture in the background, at an apartment complex in McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimTall palm trees over the pool and lounge chairs at Atrium Place Apartments, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimModern panel-clad building and brick apartments behind a tree, with a parking lot and an accessible parking space, at an apartment complex in McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimThe engine that drove the old water pumps, displayed on a concrete plinth beside a parking lot with palm trees, McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimRolleiflex twin-lens camera and a tulip in a glass bottle on a café table, with a sputnik chandelier and a “Would you sit with us?” neon sign, Magnolia Coffee Bar (former), Art Village on Main, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimOld water pump and the engine that drove it, on concrete plinths under palm trees, McAllen Pumphouse and Firemen’s Park, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimSpanish mission-style buildings behind tall palm trees across a street, with a parked car, Casa de Palmas Hotel (1918), McAllen — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimView from upstairs through a tree to the fenced pool, lounge chairs and curving walkway at Atrium Place Apartments, McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & SlimSilk floss tree with a spiky trunk and leafy branches against a wall, at an apartment complex in McAllen, Texas — Arista 400 35mm, RETO Ultra Wide & Slim
If you want classic ISO 400 black and white character without premium pricing, Arista 400 is an underrated stock worth testing — these ArtByPino frames show the look on a RETO Ultra Wide & Slim (wide plastic lens) and a Pentax K1000: palms, courtyard architecture, a couple portrait, and botanical detail.
