Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas Cooper wrote: > > I've been sticking to Ilford Multigrade papers mainly fiber all tones; regular > > warm and cool. > > And anxiously awaiting the cool to come out in fiber. > > Is it still necessary to use fiber papers to get the best possible results? Or are some of the other papers up to scratch? (Just > wondering if there's a way around using trays, as I don't like to expose myself to chemicals; my lab has a decent machine.) > > DC I think behind glass you can't tell the difference. I also hear the RC stuff is setup to last as long as Fiber from what they can now guess. RC papers will I'm sure respond to various automatic processing schemes better than fiber. I like the feel and surface of fiber. And the smell. Having made thousands of RC prints I gave it up the same time I gave up AF, Zooms, Nikons and gotten basic with Leica Rangefinder. About 7 years ago. Having spent 4 hours in the darkroom I like what I end up with much more with fiber. I want to show them to more people. Important people even. But when the prints are all dry in their screens they need to be flattened between two pieces of wood and a cobblestone. That's how i do it. So the next day after THAT I look through them. They're less instant. So am I! mark rabiner But i've got a few RC prints in just about any stack of prints laying about. They just about ruin the feel of a stack of prints.