Digital BW, The Print

>>> Ooooooh, David your being brutal...:-))...

Don't shoot the messenger. This isn't breaking news and I'm not the
investigative reporter.
Sadly, it seems that in recent years newcomer photographers have decided not
to learn anything from those who went before and so they are having to learn
the hard way not to use junk materials.


When it comes to papers, it is very simple: ACIDIC = BAD, NO ACID = GOOD

100% cotton rag papers contain no acidŠ Best
The newer "Baryta" papers have been de-acidified and presumably bufferedŠ
Good, but not best
Everything else contains acid and is bad. (With the exception of some
Japanese and other similar material/process papers, which despite claims, DO
TEST POSITIVE FOR ACIDS, are nonetheless considered acceptable by many.)

Hint: When paper sellers want to disguise their junk papers they generally
fancy up the names; the longer and more elegant the name, the poorer the
paper. They especially like 'magic' words, like "deluxe", and "special".

Another Hint: Makers of acid-free papers want to make damn sure you notice
it. "100% cotton" and/or "acid-free" is plastered all over the box the paper
comes in. If the box doesn't say it, it isn't. Instead the box says "super
wonderful paper".   ;-)

David Kachel

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