Shel,
That's some of the best paper ever made. Ansel was fond of it.
Just 2 days ago I printed an 11x14 on old Oriental VC FB that was at
least 5 years old. I had some new oriental in 8x10, and just for kicks
I cut a sheet up and used it for test strips to see how close it was
before I wasted a sheet of the old stuff. It was within 10%, and the
tones and contrast were identical.
Go forth and enjoy the cold tone and brilliant white.
Thanks,
Ed
http://lightandsilver.com
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> Subject: Outdated Oriental Seagull
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> I recently acquired some new darkroom equipment, and, along
> with the hardware I got a few packages of Oriental Seagull
> graded paper, fiber base. Some packages were opened, some
> not. All were kept in a cool dark room. These packages have
> to be at least five or six years old, and certainly go back
> to the time before Oriental stopped exporting to the US, and
> long before Cachet was marketing a product with the Oriental name.
>
> So, what problems might I expect from a paper this old? Loss
> of speed?
> Reduced or increased contrast? Fogging? While I know that I
> can just expose a few sheets and see what the results are, it
> would be nice to have some idea of what to expect.
>
> Thanks!
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