I just finished writing an article about a drag racing driver who was rather well known from the early sixties to the early seventies. In conjunction with this, I had to sort through his stacks of old photographs lookng for some to illustrate the article. The prints from the early to mid sixties were all on fiber based paper. They had been taken by magazine photographers and track photographer, guys you'd call semi pros. I'm sure some of them were printed by good custom labs. At least half of them were yellowed, probably due to insufficient washing. Many were cracked or split. Most of the prints from the late sixties and early seventies were on RC papers. Out of perhaps a hundred, a few were discolored. A couple that appeared to have been overwashed were separating. Most were in very good condition. In fact, overall, a higher percentage of the RC prints had survived than had the fiber based. Of course they were five or six years younger on average. But there was a substantial difference. Paul
William Robb wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" > Subject: Modern RC Papers > > > By the way, my favorite RC paper is Ilford Multigrade > IV in > > both Pearl and Glossy. It's very nice, and with the 1/2 step > Ilford > > filters from 00 to 4, the level of control is exceptional. > > Who remembers Abba? > > Bronzing Queen > Be disgusted by her > Yellow sheen. > Yaaa Yaaaa > > WW > - > 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 .
