Re: Discount Paper

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Another idea would be a dilute potassium ferricyanide bleach bath to "clear"
the highlights.  Would put a little sparkle back in the high tones.

darkroommike

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Seibert" <dougseibert2001@yahoo.com>
To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students"
<photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: Discount Paper


> Mike..........Good observations there.......
>
> I'll just add that printing borderless prints will
> sometimes allow a successful image......the white
> edges will quickly show the "dirty" borders.........
>
> Greg ........that paper must be getting pretty
> old.........I usually don't find dates on B&W paper
> these days........
>
>
> --- Mike King <mikeking@cableone.net> wrote:
> > IMHO paper grain does not get visibly bigger with
> > age but you will see
> > higher fog levels unless you add restrainers to the
> > developer, in which case
> > sensitivity goes down.  Again, just my opinion (and
> > it's more an impression
> > and I haven't done the research to put numbers to
> > this), developer
> > incorporated papers such as  Polycontrast III,
> > Multigrade Rapid, etc. age
> > faster than non-developer incorporated ones, VC
> > papers age faster than
> > graded (or contrast changes faster with age), and RC
> > papers age faster than
> > FB.  Contrast seems to go down as fog levels go
> > up--just what I would expect
> > since I sometimes use a sub-threshold fogging
> > exposure (a.k.a. a post flash
> > exposure) to lower image contrast.
> > darkroommike
> >
> > ----------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gregory Fraser" <Gregory.Fraser@pwgsc.gc.ca>
> > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators -
> > Professionals - Students"
> > <photoforum@listserver.isc.rit.edu>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:02 PM
> > Subject: Discount Paper
> >
> >
> > > I've seen film that is seriously outdated and it
> > had huge grain. I presume
> > this is due to age and the emulsion losing its
> > sensitivity to light. I'm
> > wondering if the emulsion on paper is basically the
> > same as the emulsion on
> > film and if outdated paper exhibits the same
> > characteristics.
> > >
> > > I ask because I have yet to deplete my first
> > package of photographic paper
> > which is outdated Kodak RC. I'm printing 120
> > negatives and I feel that the
> > images should be sharper and less grainy than they
> > are.
> > >
> > > Greg Fraser
> > > Master of Funk
> > > http://users.imag.net/~lon2251/Gallery
> > >
> >
>
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