Digital BW, The Print

Richard,  right... except for the gigantic price difference.

Premier Art costs literally 2.5-5X as much as LaSal. 

$20 buys 20 letter-sized sheets of Premier Art.

$20 buys 50 sheets of DOUBLE SIDED LaSal 

Moab first promoted Kayenta (LaSal) for proofing Entrada Bright, but
since it was a better paper than EEM I began to use it
extensively...but I've come to realize that the Dmax is an issue with
small prints. It's plenty good at 11X17+ where Dmax becomes less of a
concern and where the prints will only be seen behind glass or in a
good sleeve.

Delivering unframed, I always/only use a sidelock polyester sleeve
protecting the print and producing the look I want anyway (does
anybody visualize delivered prints hidden away in boxes?). 

Quickly reviewing a big collection of B&W by other photographers, my
Epson favorites are Double Sided Matte and Velvet Fine Art, but it's
wonderful to see how many great alternatives we have. 

 HPR, my matte favorite, is currently hard to find, reportedly due to
rebranding.

For me, the most promising paper is Moab Colorado Satine (still
getting to know it with my $50 Ebay R800 test bed...looking for a deal
on an 1800)... Satine does have an exceptionally soft surface for an
hour or so after printing so it calls for careful handling...

JK

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Richard
Smallfield <r.smallfield@...> wrote:
>
> If you liked Kayenta, you would like PremierArt Matt BW. Very
similar appearance, but better dmax.
> 
> Richard
> 
> At 02:30 p.m. Saturday 15/11/2008, you wrote:
> >I like it a lot, liked Kayenta. Zero grief. It's as bright as the
> >brightest white and seems to stay that way (for the several years I've
> >used it anyway). It'd be the very cheapest absolutely
> >excellent-looking paper even if it wasn't two sided. The only sad
> >thing about LaSal vs the old Kayenta is that it's thinner now. The
> >main visual negative to this paper is the somewhat weak blacks, vs
> >Entrada (for example).
> >
> >I think someone else much better and more intelligent then she is will
> >emerge for the GOP in 2012! 
> 
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> 
>    "Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make
>    itself artistic."
>    --Oscar Wilde
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