[alt-photo] Re: Paper for Bromoil

[Jacques Kevers]

You're right, Mary -- I overlooked the quantities and tought it was a 50
sheets box...
Sorry for this.
Jacques

2012/2/20 Mary <gneissgirl at spamcop.net>

> Hi Jacques,
>
> The Lewis paper is expensive, but I wouldn't call the price "outrageously
> high".
> The price is around $90CAN for a box of 100 sheets. The current exchange
> rate makes it about the same in $US. Shipping from Canada to the US is
> expensive, yes, but photo paper is heavy.
> A quick check of prices of some of the papers you suggested as
> alternatives shows the Lewis paper is reasonably priced. For example, B&H
> sells the Ilford Multigrade Art for around $66 for a box of 50.
>
> Anyway, I'm not David Lewis' sales representative or anything but I think
> the price is a fair one and the product is of high quality, in my opinion.
>
> Cheers,
> Mary
>
> On 2/20/2012 6:41 AM, Jacques Kevers wrote:
>
>> Specific bromoil papers are long gone now, except for the one proposed by
>> David Lewis. He is only marketing this paper, which is said to be "Imago
>> Photographic Bromoil" which in turn is a paper marketed by an Austrian
>> company that isn't manufacturing it either. Assumptions are that this
>> paper
>> is coming from EFKE. It is sold by Lewis at an outrageously high price.
>>
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