On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:07 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Aug 6, 2008, at 8:33 AM, Adam Maas wrote: > >> On Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 11:18 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Try some of the Epson Exhibition Fine Art paper or Velvet Fine Art. >>> They are just plain fantastic papers. Hahnemühle, Crane and Ilford >>> also have some fantastic papers. One of my favorites ... and >>> seemingly >>> hard to come by now ... is Somerset Velvet. I hate putting it under >>> glass ... it just feels so nice in the hand. >>> >>> Godfrey >> >> Godfrey, >> >> If you want to try a spectacular paper, try the new Harmon Gloss Fb >> Al. It's a Baryta-based paper with a look VERY close to air-dried >> glossy fibre Ilford Galerie silver-gelatin paper. > > I'm more of a Matte finish guy, but based on the comparison prints I > made at the shop a few weeks ago, the Harmon Gloss Fb and Exhibition > Fine Art papers were virtually indistinguishable. > > I bought two boxes of the Epson paper to experiment with. Now I'm just > waiting until my Matte Black ink cart needs to be replaced as it is > recommended to use the Photo Black ink with it for best results. I've > not yet put Photo Black ink into the R2400 ... and I've owned it since > October 2005! > > Godfrey
Harman makes a matte version of their Baryta paper that's pretty nice as well, but I like the Glossy better. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
