[pure-silver] Re: Old Paper Results
- From: John Meyers <jmeyers102@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 06:50:29 -0700 (PDT)
I picked up a couple of unopened boxes of Afga Brovira
grade 2 paper myself a few months ago at an estate
sale. I have no idea how old it is, but the prints
I've made on it look great. Good contrast and nice
whites. I was rather surprised.
John Meyers
--- Richard Knoppow <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> As a result of a question posted to
> rec.photo.darkroom I
> decided to dig out and test some very old paper I
> have. The
> samples were of Kodak Medalist and Agfa Brovira.
> None of the
> packages has an expiration date but I've had them
> for at
> least ten years and probably bought them as out
> dated paper
> then. All packates were opened years ago and have
> had no
> special storage.
> To make a long story short both boxes of Medalist
> and the
> Brovira work fine and probably look as good as they
> did new.
> Its possible the Medalist has lost some contrast but
> my
> memory of it is that it was a somewhat soft looking
> paper
> originally. The Brovira has full contrast. I have
> even more
> Agfa paper in storage and will have to get it out.
> About the
> only old Agfa paper I had trouble with came from a
> flooded
> basement and was blotchy, obviously moisture had
> gotten in.
> Otherwise the stuff seems to last forever.
> I have not had such good luck with old Kodak
> paper and
> stopped buying outdated paper about the time I got
> the
> Medalist. Mostly the bad paper was Polycontrast
> which had
> very low contrast for all filters, evidently, the
> high
> contrast emulsion component had lost substantial
> sensitivity. It made good drawing paper.
> I also found I have two unopened boxes of
> Oriental
> Seagull paper, also at least ten years old but
> bought new at
> the time. I have not tested this yet and will report
> when I
> do.
>
> Processing of the above was conventional. I used
> Agfa Neutol
> Plus, an ascorbic acid (and probably Phenidone)
> developer
> without any added anti-fog.
> I also used this occasion to test the Kodak
> Enlarging
> Ektar I picked up a couple of weeks ago. This is a
> 75mm
> lens. Its very sharp, as good as my Schneider
> Componon, not
> bad for $10 :-)
>
> ---
> Richard Knoppow
> Los Angeles, CA, USA
> dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
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