> I cannot achieve the velvety blacks that I can
> with Palladio and,
Well, come take my course........, but seriously, Jim that's one of the
things I find just the opposite. With proper coating techniques your d-max
should be much better with hand coating.
> But too many people,
>potentially including you, have dismissed this product on the obviously
>invalid grounds that it is machine coated rather than hand coated.
I question what it really is...why can't I develop it in standard chemistry?
If it's only pt/pl? Why does hand coated paper go bad so fast yet this stuff
can sit on the shelf? Too many questions, no answers. It's not that it's
machine made as it is just not as good as hand coated. I can hear it
now.......what does good mean......
You don't have to control, or the feeling of control that you do with hand
coating. It's just not the same trip.
> or your criteria.
my criteria is making a print from the same neg on hand coated paper and then
comparing it to the print on the Palladio paper.
Most of the time when I first see a student's portfolio, that is printed on
Palladio I feel intimidated, wondering what "I" can teach them, but by the
weeks end that portfolio is slated to be reprinted ASAP by the student.
Palladio on it's own stands up very nicely and seem to be far superior to
any commercially available paper, but when you compare print to print made
from the same neg. It falls short of the hand coated animal.
>can you describe either the teaching method
Teaching method....one student 5 very intense days and night living and
working at my place in New Mexico. Course geared to your specific needs and
knowledge (sounds like an ad)
Bottom line is I feel that in this day and age hand coating is really a part
of the process and commercially made papers are very nice but are not what I
do. If they work for you then go for it.
David