Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/07/03

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Subject: [Leica] Re: B&W Papers
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 10:52:14 -0400

Oriental is available from Freestyle. Orders are usually filled within a week.

Interestingly I haven't noted the problem you describe with Spotone on
Illford. Do you dilute with distilled water?

Ken Wilcox

At 05:42 AM 7/3/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Perhaps some of the B&W printers here can give me some advice. Since the
>demise (I know, it's available again - but not in my area) of Oriental
>paper, I've been using primarily Ilford Multi Grade Fiber papers. But, I
>recently bought a beautiful Lietz Focomat 1C and so have switched from my
>long-time diffusion enlarger back to a condensor. My problem is that the
>Ilford paper just doesn't spot well. As careful as I am, I find that with a
>condensor enlarger I usually need to do at least a little print spotting.
>The Ilford paper just doesn't seem to absorb the conventional Spotone dyes.
>I'm not using a hardening fixer.
>
>If I could get some feedback here, it could save me a lot of brand testing.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Bryan
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Guy Bennett <gbennett@club-internet.fr>
>To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
>Sent: Saturday, July 03, 1999 4:58 AM
>Subject: Re: [Leica] Travel Security
>
>
>> >Alastair Firkin  wrote:
>> >
>> >>Didn't they get you at the Commonwealth Games ?>>>>>>>>
>> >
>> >
>> >Jeeesh,
>> >
>> >I'm never going to live this one down. :)
>> >
>> >OK folks for the  second time....
>> >
>> >
>> >LA 84 Olympics and Kuala Lumpur  Commonwealth Games 98! Both R's 4 and 8
>> >
>> >ted
>>
>>
>> ted,
>>
>> where HAVEN'T they got you???
>>
>> guy
>>
>
>
>
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