Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/07/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Wonders of plastic (digital)
From: Alexey Merz <alexey@webcom.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 1998 11:05:43 +0100

Robert G. Stevens wrote:

> If you do not use slide film, you can ignore all above.  Although,
> Ilfochrome is much sharper and more brilliant than traditional prints of
> negatives or other reversal prints.

Try the Fuji UltraGloss type R material. Though not quite as archival as
Ciba, it's less expensive and lower contrast, a great help when printing
long-scale Kodachromes. I just got my first prints off the stuff and 
they seem substantially less harsh than the equivalent Ciba (IMO).
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