[pure-silver] Re: VC Paper Holy Grail
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:22:40 -0700
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From: "Dennis Purdy" <dlp4777@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:56 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: VC Paper Holy Grail
Freestyle makes no bones of telling you that the Arista is
Kentmere. I use it and find it just as good as the other
neutral color papers on the market. I wish they would
come out with something warm that could replace Ilford
warm tone or Oriental warm tone.
Dennis
On Apr 7, 2009, at 17:00, Tim Daneliuk wrote:
I have long looked for a replacement paper for my beloved
Zone VI Graded
that looked as good but was also VC. Bergger VCNB is
close but I just
found something that just *blew me away* ... Arista II
VCFB Glossy.
The blacks are like I haven't seen in a loooong time.
No, it's not
as heavy as the old Zone VI nor does the surface have the
tooth
of the aforementioned, but this Arista is one of the
richest
papers I've seen in a very long time. It is about to
completely
displace Ilford MGIV for me. It doesn't hurt that the
Arista
is also noticeably cheaper than its competitors.
Now I want to try all the "oddball" papers at Freestyle.
Has
anyone compared Arista II to:
Foma
Adox
Kentmere
Fotokemika
I'd be interested in comments...
--
I'll have to make a trip to Freestyle and look at the
labels. Freestyle has used "Arista" as a house brand for
many years but the stuff under the label varies. In the old
days Arista was all Ilford stuff, both film and paper. Not
long ago I found several countries of origin on Arista
labels. I will check again soon. Freestyle is only about
three miles from here but its in Hollywood so I have to grit
my teeth to go there.
--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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