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Subject: Re: Re[Leica] All hail Tri-X, Off with TMAX's head!
From: "Mike Durling" <durling@widomaker.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 22:59:06 -0500

Harrison:

I used to love Portriga Rapid which I think is no longer made in semi-matte.
It brought out the best in my Leica negatives.  Is there a warm-tone VC
paper in Agfa's stable?  I like the Ilford warm-tone but you are right that
the pearl finish is not as nice as the Agfa semi-matte.

Mike D

- -----Original Message-----
From: Harrison Mcclary <hmcclary@earthlink.net>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Saturday, January 01, 2000 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: Re[Leica] All hail Tri-X, Off with TMAX's head!


>Dan,
>
>You ought to give the Agfa VC paper a try.  I used to use the Ilford
>pearl finish till a friend at the lab I use talked me into trying the
>Agfa semi matt....no comparison, IMHO just looks much better.  She gave
>me about 10 sheets to test with and after that I was hooked.
>
>RE the Kodak papers, well they IMHO suck to put it mildly.....
>
>-Harrison
>
>> As for the PAPER....I have been using Ilford for years and was not
prepared
>> for the tremendous "dry down" of Kodak VC.  As Adams said, paper can dry
>> with a "dull thud".  And HOW!
>>
>> I hope for Kodak's sake they start fixing up some of their newer
generation
>> products...Or at least make them as user friendly as Illford.
>>
>> Best Wishes
>> Dan States
>> Chicago Illinois
>