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Photo Forum / Film Photography / Darkroom / November 2005Huh?
http://www.unicircuits.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=86&osCsid= 324647f2fa61e45557102c19c11cf87d Grade 2 or 3? "Variable contrast (grade 2 or 3 without or with neutral filter, please choose your default grade)" So, unlike all other VC papers, you can start from grade 2 OR grade 3? http://www.unicircuits.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=86&osCsid= 324647f2fa61e45557102c19c11cf87d > Grade 2 or 3? > > "Variable contrast (grade 2 or 3 without or with neutral filter, > please choose your default grade)" > > So, unlike all other VC papers, you can start from grade 2 OR grade 3? It's two different papers. > http://www.unicircuits.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=86&osCsid= 324647f2fa61e45557102c19c11cf87d >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > It's two different papers. Very interesting that Fuji is making graded bromide paper. I wonder if its available in the US. Fuji seems to make very good film and color paper so, if this stuff is really available it would be welcome.  Signature--- Richard Knoppow Los Angeles, CA, USA dickburk@ix.netcom.com > > www.unicircuits.com > > Very interesting that Fuji is making graded bromide > paper. I wonder if its available in the US. Fuji seems to > make very good film and color paper so, if this stuff is > really available it would be welcome. Graded Single Weight at that. Many currencies. I'd say they ship WW. Dan Rembrandt V is also available in double weight. The G2 (double weight) and F2 (single weight) versions have an ISO contrast range from R160 (with a #00 filter) to R70 (with a #5 filter). With no filter, the range is R125, or equal to grade 2. The G3 (double weight) and F3 (single weight) versions have an ISO contrast range from R125 (with a #00 filter) to R65 (with a #5 filter). With no filter, the range is R105, or equal to grade 3. The G3/F3 version is apparently intended for photographers who prefer a thinner, low contrast negative as their standard. With the #2 filter, you get approximately grade 3 contrast. With the #5 filter, the contrast is slightly higher than the F2/G2 version. The main benefit is that the upper grades are more closely spaced with the G3/F3 than the G2/F2. But the latter has better low contrast performance. The ISO speed is P640 for both, no filter. P320 for filters 00 to 3.5, P160 for filters 4 and 4.5, and P125 for filter 5. Both G and F come only in glossy FB surfaces. The SW paper apparently has a brighter base than the DW, according to Fuji. But I've never seen an example of the SW version or seen it for sale in Tokyo. To my eyes, Rembrandt V G2/G3 resembles the old Ilford Galerie (not the current product) but with a more neutral tone and cooler base. So, since my 'normal' grade is Galerie 3, I would use the G3 or F3 version? Sounds very interesting! These are definitely VC papers, right? > Rembrandt V is also available in double weight. > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > current > product) but with a more neutral tone and cooler base. > So, since my 'normal' grade is Galerie 3, I would use > the G3 or F3 version? Sounds very interesting! > > These are definitely VC papers, right? Definitly. Interesting, definitely! I think Fuji should be commended for stepping forward and admitting, for the industry as a whole, that VC paper is not what the the hype would have us believe. So now we have Grade 2 and Grade 3 Multi-Grade. I'm out of luck. For a short while I had SW Graded paper. Graded or not they are VC papers and I'm not going to dim the lights. Dan So, it's grade 2 plus or minus 1 1/2 grades, or grade 3 plus or minus 1 1/2 grades, right? If so, I'd prefer the snappier one... dan.c.qu...@att.net wrote: > > So, since my 'normal' grade is Galerie 3, I would use > > the G3 or F3 version? Sounds very interesting! [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Graded or not they are VC papers and I'm not going to > dim the lights. Dan With a #00 filter, the F3/G3 version will be approximately equal to grade 2. With a #5, about grade 5.5. Half-grade filters are closer to quarter grade changes in contrast. The F2/G2 paper has a normal distribution, from about grade 0 to grade 5. > http://www.unicircuits.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=30&products_id=86&osCsid= 324647f2fa61e45557102c19c11cf87d > > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > It's two different papers. Yes, you start with a grade 2 paper or a grade 3 paper, that's what I understood them to be saying. Ilford, Kodak, and the others start with a grade near 2 only. |
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