Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My latest enlarger doesn't do variable contrast easily (long story) so I went looking for a graded paper. Not many of those left, but I found Kentmere bromide. Its a good, rich paper with nice deep blacks and a good surface. I really like it. When I was using variable contrast it was Forte, another great paper. In both cases its the fiber version that I use. The Kentmere is not better or worse than the Forte, but it solves my particular problem. I mix all of my own developer. I was using D-72 which is (Kodak) Dektol without the stuff to tame hard water. Since my current film developer uses phenidone and ascorbic acid, (and you thought RIP was complicated) I switched to E-72 which is just a reformulated D-72 - basic neutral/cold tone developer. For warmtone papers it was D-52, equivalent to Kodak's Selectol. That improved the color of the Ilford and Forte warmtone papers I was using at the time. Mike Durling -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .