[rollei_list] Re: Papers and Stuff
- From: "Richard Knoppow" <dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:50:05 -0800
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From: "Romeo" <jamesromeo@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 11:03 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: Papers and Stuff
The first vc paper I ever used was
made by Dupont called Varagam
If I rember about 1952
it was the only vc in the states at the
time
Dupont made # of great papers
There was a great one used by a fashion photographer NYC I
worked
for 1954 I can not rember the name
of that paper
AFAIK, Ilford made the very first variable contrast
paper but Varigam came out not much after. Varigam was
originally made by Defender Photo Products, a Rochester
company who was later bought out by Dupont. Defender's most
famous paper was Velour Black. This was one of the first
enlarging papers made, a pure silver bromide emulsion. I
used a lot of it when I was starting out.
Dupont made motion picture film but supplied chemicals
like sensitizing dye to Defender. So did Kodak who actually
made some Defender films. Defender made printing paper and
sheet film. I think Kodak tried to keep Defender in business
as protection from anti-trust action. If there are three
competitors in a field anti-trust is not usually tried. The
other competitor was Ansco.
Dupont's motion picture film was called Superior and
was evidently popular among Hollywood directors of
photography. Kodak used to advertise their motion picture
films with the motto "NO Superior".
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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