Digital BW, The Print

> Last week I bought a box of Crane's Museo from a local photo shop.  
> What a disappointment -- and an expensive one at that!  Try as I 
> might, I was unable to get a decent print with this "note paper".  All 
> prints were muddy, blocked, flat and unsharp.  I asked Paul Roark for 
> advice.  Paul reported me that he, too, was unable to get good results 
> from this paper, but advised that Museo Silver Rag, in contrast, was 
> excellent.  ,_


I received my first batch of Silver Rag today and have just finished 
printing my first dozen shots using Paul's photo rag neutral curve.  
WOW!  They are beautiful and remind me of the samples bound into the old 
-- very old -- Kodak paper sample books. 

Were it not for Paul's expert counsel, I would have abandoned Crane's 
papers for sure. Thanks, Paul!

To see some of the frames I've printed, please visit

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/crgrbrts/steamtown/

I took these on Labor Day with my old Rolleiflex SL66 (despite their 
residence in the Leica galleries).  I've got Leica photos on the site, 
too, however.

All the best,

Craig Roberts
Washington, DC_