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Agfa Record Rapid
I was lucky enough to get a box of Agfa Rapid paper in 4x5 size, single weight, grade 4. I'm surprised the paper looks perfectly OK. I was expecting some fog, but since I've zero experience with fogged paper, I wonder how does fogged paper look like. Help needed here!
As a side note, I keep looking at these tiny prints and can't stop admiring the blacks this paper is capable of. Thanks! |
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Process a sheet without exposure and see what it looks like.
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I did it, but I don't know what to look for.
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White - no fog.
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Well, it looks white or warm-white as it's a warm tone paper of the hay days. No fog then.
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Now go and fog it. Put a coin or something on the sheet so you can see a difference. When you get it to fog, you will see the white disc of the coin. Compare this with your unfogged developed sheet. But if you'e happy with what you've got....forget it, just enjoy those prints.
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Miha,
I am currently using some Ilford MG III which is going back more years than I can recall and it is in first class condition. The boxes had not previously been opened which, I think, counts alot, (but neither had they been stored very diligently),as opened boxes of old paper tend to fare much worse. I find older paper that's showing its age to have slight greying which is noticeable on the white (unexposed) border of a normally processed print. If not immeadiately noticeable, look in daylight with the print over a sheet of white paper to see if it has a cast that is perhaps greyer than the slightly ivory white of 'fresh' Rapid. At the end of the day, if the print looks good then no problem. I find using old paper can be fun and quite economical for snapshot prints and contacts, trouble is I've got too much from years past and feel obliged to use it - I should have a clear out. |
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Thank you Jim and Mark for your thorough insights.
Yes, I'm happy with my new acquisition, and as I said, this paper looks tremendously good - blacks are simply gorgeous (shame on you Ilford) as a side note: my other old paper that is in top notch condition is Fomatone Chamois - thanks to the cadmium, I guess. |
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Don't waste it on testing just print with it, its like gold dust. Just judge the results you get with it, its not likely you will ever get to use it again unless you are extremely lucky.
Neil |
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