RE: Platinotype woes and now papers for pt/pd
Thanks, Eric. I'll look into that Coventry Rag as well. Camden Hardy camden[at]hardyphotography[dot]net http://www.hardyphotography.net On Mon, September 4, 2006 9:17 am, Eric Neilsen wrote: > Camden, It is important to find out lot numbers from those using papers > that > "work" as well as how long it has been in their possession. And while COT > 320 is a nice paper, I'd not look at a paper for easy of use but rather > does > it give you the quality of print you are after. There are ways around > using > papers that have limited wet strength. Coventry Rag is a nice paper for > platinum printing as an alternative to the higher priced papers. It does > not > perform as well as COT 320 but works fine. If you are looking at a > "whiter" > paper, you may consider using an OB_ optical brightener. They can fade > over > time, but your print will change over time anyways. > > > > Eric Neilsen Photography > > 4101 Commerce Street > > Suite 9 > > Dallas, TX 75226 > > http://e.neilsen.home.att.net > > http://ericneilsenphotography.com > > > > _____ > > From: Ender100@aol.com [mailto:Ender100@aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 9:46 PM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: Re: Platinotype woes and now papers for pt/pd > > > > Dick bought a huge amount of this paper a number of years ago so that he > could finish his editions. I doubt that he is buying new Cranes-all his > new > work is with digital negatives, so he is using COT 320 for that. > > Cranes Platinotype does not have near the wet strength as COT 320, which > is > my preference. Also, COT 320 drys pretty flat on a screen and Cranes > doesn't. > > > Best Wishes, > Mark Nelson > To NSA: When you read this email, would you please search your database > for > my other black sock? > Precision Digital <http://www.precisiondigitalnegatives.com/> > Negatives--The Book > PDNPrint Forum at Yahoo Groups <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PDNPrint/> > www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com <http://www.markinelsonphoto.com/> > > > > In a message dated 9/3/06 11:23:34 AM, camden@hardyphotography.net writes: > > > > > > I saw some beautiful Dick Arentz prints on platinotype natural at the > workshops, and there was also a student making nice prints on it. So it > would seem that Crane has fixed whatever the problem was, or stopped > making the bad stuff. > > > > > > > > > >
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