Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Christer Almqvist wrote: > > >BTW: How did you warm to the Ilford Cooltone I sent you... gone cool on the > >Warmtone yet? > > > >Ed Buziak / Publisher (of hopefully the world's second-in-respectability > >darkroom magazine <gg>) > >"Camera & Darkroom" > > I hear that the Ilford Cooltone was developed, or should I say --created-- > to make sure there is no misunderstanding, as a tabular grain version of > paper, with the objective of getting better grain and sharpness than > current and old paper. However, Ilford did not go the whole way and did not > formulate a corresponding paper developer that would have made the > improvement clear to see with the naked eye. Have you noticed any > improvement in this regard? > ><Snip> I think the Cooltone is their new Bromide paper. Almost no chloride. Like Brovira. And a whiter base. IN effect a multigrade Brovira. And as I was using Brovira even after everyone switched to Portriga I'm all for it. Ansel was a proponent of the cooler Bromide papers. I would listen to that advise. Chloride is warm and slow. Bromide is cool and fast. I think it's just a Bromide paper. Papers have Chloride or Bromide in them usually a mix. More Chloride and it's a Chlor-bromide paper. More Bromide and it's a Bromo-chloride as is most papers are I think. Chloride papers are contact printing papers and portrait papers. Agfa Portriga, Azo. But I understand it's hard to get a pure Chloride paper they always sneak some Bromide in there and visa versa. Mark Rabiner