I second the "great paper" motion. Once I discovered it I never printed stuff to show in anything else. Nice cool whites. have a blast, Shel!
annsan Ed Mathews wrote: > > 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 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff > > Sent: Monday, December 31, 2001 7:28 PM > > To: Pentax List > > Subject: Outdated Oriental Seagull > > > > > > 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! > > -- > > Shel Belinkoff > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To > > unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the > > directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery > > at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
