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RE: [Digital BW] Paper comparison

2003-01-31 by Roger L Sopher

Jerry,

Have you tried Osprey? It has great blacks but they are a bugger to control.

Roger
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Jerry Olson [mailto:jerryolson@...]
  Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 10:58 AM
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Paper comparison


  Hahnemuhle papers have the deepest blacks.

  Jerry


  Truman Prevatt wrote:
  > 
  > I'm about to buy paper again. I am looking for peoples experiences. I am
  > currently using Somerst Phot Enhanced Velvet (225 gsm). I am very please
  > with the crisp white of the paper stock. On this paper the highlights
  > glow and shadow detail is very good. I also like that this paper prints
  > slightly cool.  However I am not real happy that it doesn't have a lot
  > of deep black.
  > 
  > How does this paper compare to Photo Rag across the board - highlight
  > rendering, base brightness, shadow detail and black. I may just by a
  > couple boxes of both and compare but any input would be appreciated.
  > 
  > Truman
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