I use the same as Paul, the Ilford Multigrade IV when i take the class at the highschool. I like the look of the matte. I have also tried the Agfa pearl, i forget the grade. It was good with the hi speed films pushed to 6400. Grain ~seemed~ less obvious, although still there.
That was fine for me, i like grain.:-) Dave Quoting Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I found Ilford Muligrade IV to be an excellent paper, both in RC and > Fiber. It's quite heavy, somewhere in between the old Kodak single > and double weight, I'd guess. > On Nov 6, 2006, at 3:25 PM, Mat Maessen wrote: > >> I'm going to be doing some black and white printing very soon. Kodak >> discontinued the paper a couple of years ago, and I used up the stock >> I had on hand. So I'm looking for a replacement. >> >> What do folks out on the list use? I tried Ilford paper a while back, >> and I never was too happy with how it looked, and the paper I was >> using was a lot flimsier than the Kodak stuff. Who else should I look >> at? Agfa? Foma? Kentmere? The shots I'll be doing are people-shots, >> probably on Tri-X and Plus-X in medium format. >> >> Thanks folks, >> >> -Mat >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > Equine Photography in York Region -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
