[pure-silver] Re: ADV: Another Lovely Paper Discovered
- From: Dennis Purdy <dlp4777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:30:27 -0700
A coincidence I just received some Arista Ultra EDU and am trying to print a
job with the RC VC. If you use RC I personally hate this Perle surface.
Pretty plasticy. I generally use fiber and that surface won't exist there.
It is printing fine. A bit flatter than the Ilford MG RC but adjustable.
Dennis
On Apr 29, 2011, at 12:31, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
> Of late I've been experimenting with some the the Only-At-Freestyle papers
> to see how they stack up to the great papers of the past. (Or at least how
> I've remembered them with romantic exaggeration!)
>
> Among these include Adox MCC 110, Adox Vario Classic, Varycon KG, and Arista
> Ultra VC FB. Each of them has been very good to excellent, but the one that
> really stands out as superb has been the Arista Ultra VC VB. It has a
> black/silver that reminds me a lot of the old original Zone VI graded stuff
> - my fav paper of all time. If they'd make this paper with same heavy base
> and tooth of the ZVI, I'd be in heaven.
>
> The Arista Ultra develops beautifully in 2 minutes of Dektol 1:2 and tones
> like crazy in KRST. I had to "turn down the volume" of the toner to 1:35 to
> keep the prints from overtoning.
>
> This paper is remarkable insofar as it is a "value" paper and considerably
> cheaper than many of the other offerings in the marketplace today. Here's
> hoping Freestyle keeps this current paper in place with no change to its
> formulation.
>
>
> P.S. The Adox MCC 110 is also worth your time and attention. I has
> that Agfa "look" ... or at least what I recall the look to have
> been.
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