Digital BW, The Print

At 07:07 AM Friday 4/6/2007, you wrote:
>Richard, if I didn't know you better I'd guess you were a smoker :-)

Nope, afraid not!

>Damn. That's bad news. Maybe it IS environmental. On the other hand,
>maybe it's a batch issue, or has something to do with ambient light
>and UV. 

Well, I live out in the country where the air is clean, and use no chemicals around the house or and air purifier.

The prints are only pinned to the wall.

>I've just compared 11X17 Kayenta, 3 and 6 months vintage, with 
>fresh-from-the-box Kayenta as well as 25 year old Agfa Brovira
>(silver) and year-plus old Moab Entrada White... 

I have an Entrada Bright photo at a friend's place that I'll compare with new Entrada ... I compared it last night at her place to new Kayenta and it had stood up pretty well compared with the Kayenta that I've had on the wall two months. But I couldn't compare it with new Entrada, which is the real test.

>I'll compare fresh Kayenta prints to all sorts of papers in recent two
>years of B&W print exchanges and report back. 

Thanks.

>Maybe Kayenta
>would look warm in a warm-looking room with a lot of carpets and
>furniture?

These two prints are on the same wall though.

Thanks for your feedback,
Richard

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