paper instead of film?

Hi all. I'm a newbie to the list and to pinhole but I've been eagerly reading the posts and picking up a few pointers. However, I have a basic question. I've made some pinhole cameras and taken some film pictures with each. Now I'm wanting to use some photo paper instead. I bought some Ilford 5x7 Multigrade IV RC Deluxe MGD.44M Pearl paper. Apparently the back of the paper is too opaque to make contact prints. What is the best paper for this? Is paper comparable quality-wise (for the image) or should I stick to film? Sorry for so simple a question but even the best photog store here hasn't been much help. (You should have seen the quizzical looks when I mentioned "pinhole".) I figured I'd try paper after looking at an Oatmeal Box pinhole site. http://www.nh.ultranet.com/~stewoody/ They used paper and the resulting contact prints looked good. The pics look to be from the '70s though. Maybe they made photo paper more transparent then. ;^)
Received on Sun Mar 3 15:11:16 2002