Re: studio cameras circa 1950s

You are absolutely correct Bob . . I was 'spinning off' on a tangent
there at the end
but this last ten days have seen me photographic a nearby historic
building, about
to be razed, for record keeping. There are HABS (historic American
Buildings Survey)
standards to follow, which require single weight glossy silver-
gelatin paper. There is
zero of that in ANY store in the San Francisco Bay Area. It does not
seem B&H in NYC
has any as well. But, I'll find some . . it frankly completely
surprised me though I've
known of the recent shortage of production.
        Cheers
                Jack

On May2006, at 4:00 AM, BOB KISS wrote:

> DEAR JACK,
> Ilford, Oriental Seagull, Kentmere, Bergger, and the eastern European
> manufacturer (can't recall name) continue to make an excellent
> range of
> silver-gelatin papers...so there is neither a virtual nor real lack of
> excellent options. Yes, there has been a loss of passion now but
> it isn't
> due to a lack of excellent photo paper. As a matter of fact, what has
> survived are the best fine art silver-gelatin papers you could ever
> get. I
> haven't used Agfa or Kodak photo paper in two decades...they were
> simply not
> up to the standard of these manufacturers.
> CHEERS!
> BOB
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