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Friday, November 24, 2017

Ilford Papers

Previously, the Learning Zone for Ilford developers was presented.  It is well worth visiting the Learning Zone to see what may be useful to learn, and we can all learn something new.  Today, the posting on printing papers offered by Ilford are covered.

The posting explains the various types of papers:  RC vs. fibre base, grades, etc.  These things are common to all papers, whether sold by Ilford or not.  It is informative to know as a photographer, even if one does not intend to do printing in the darkroom.

Even a handy spreadsheet chart is provided listing all the papers sold by Ilford and their properties as explained in the article.

Read on!

Bonus, there is an Experts section, with topics such as split grade printing or hand colouring B&W prints.  Worth a look.