Re: Beginning Paper?

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From: "Michael Georgoff (SAL-US)" <Michael_Georgoff@trendmicro.com>

> Can anyone recommend a good printing paper to start with for paper
negative
> work? I've only ever done pinhole onto negative film and had it lab
> processed.
>
> Any recommendations for a fast, easy to use "beginner" paper, and some
clues
> for ASA speed of recommended papers? (And why are there no "positive"
> papers??)

Michael,
             Basically any B&W paper without water marks would do it. I
like Ilford MGIV glossy. Some people try to make the paper more translucent
(before they contact print it) by using wax (for instance), I don't.

FAST PAPER is an oxymoron. It has been agreed -sort of- in this list that
ISO-6 is a good starting point for modern B&W paper emulsion. As for
positive papers, I believe some people do use them, some people do
cibachrome pinhole photography, thing I have no experience with but pretty
sure some others in this list can tell you more about.

If you want a reciprocity table for B&W paper, there is a table in one of
the small articles I've written about pinhole, check my site.

Guillermo
http://members.home.net/penate/pinhole.html
Received on Wed Mar 28 18:22:55 2001