Digital BW, The Print

I'm based in Sydney, Australia.

Can anyone recommend a supplier of Velvet Fine Art paper?

I'm starting to suspect I'll have to order it over the net.  Calumnet
& Amazon won't ship to Australia, though, and B&H charge a fortune for
shipping!  (starting at $US70)

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Alternatively, can anyone suggest a substitute paper of similar
quality that might be available in Australia?

Thanks
Gareth

How about directly from Epson?

Here in North America, you can order directly from Epson over the web.

You don't get any kind of discount, though.

Scott

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "garethjolly" 
<garethjolly@y...> wrote:

>
> I'm based in Sydney, Australia.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a supplier of Velvet Fine Art paper?
> 
> I'm starting to suspect I'll have to order it over the net.  Calumnet
> & Amazon won't ship to Australia, though, and B&H charge a fortune for
> shipping!  (starting at $US70)
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Alternatively, can anyone suggest a substitute paper of similar
> quality that might be available in Australia?
> 
> Thanks
> Gareth
>

Good thought, but unfortunately they don't ship outside the USA...

Interestingly enough, Amazon says that the manufacturer has restricted
them from exporting the paper from the US, which is curious....

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
"scott_now_coming" <scott_now_coming@y...> wrote:

>
> How about directly from Epson?
> 
> Here in North America, you can order directly from Epson over the web.
> 
> You don't get any kind of discount, though.
> 
> Scott
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "garethjolly" 
> <garethjolly@y...> wrote:
> >
> > I'm based in Sydney, Australia.
> > 
> > Can anyone recommend a supplier of Velvet Fine Art paper?
> > 
> > I'm starting to suspect I'll have to order it over the net.  Calumnet
> > & Amazon won't ship to Australia, though, and B&H charge a fortune for
> > shipping!  (starting at $US70)
> > 
> > Does anyone have any suggestions?
> > 
> > Alternatively, can anyone suggest a substitute paper of similar
> > quality that might be available in Australia?
> > 
> > Thanks
> > Gareth
> >
>

Hi Gareth

I'm in Sydney too.....

I recently bought an A3+ pack of VFA from Harvey Norman in Moore 
Park. They didn't have A4 packs of it, but maybe they have some now.

BTW, VFA is a beautiful paper.

If you're looking for other papers, why not try Hahnemuhle PhotoRag? 
There are plenty of suppliers for HPR in Australia. Also, have a 
look at Red River paper, particularly the Dourian and Aurora papers. 
Red River's shipping to Australia is pretty reasonable. Dourian is a 
really nice paper with good blacks. Aurora is good too, but the 
blacks aren't as deep as VFA and Dourian.

Hope this helps.

Cheers
Jeremy Turner

www.jturnerphotography.com

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "garethjolly" 
<garethjolly@y...> wrote:
>
> I'm based in Sydney, Australia.
> 
> Can anyone recommend a supplier of Velvet Fine Art paper?
> 
> I'm starting to suspect I'll have to order it over the net.  
Calumnet
> & Amazon won't ship to Australia, though, and B&H charge a fortune 
for

> shipping!  (starting at $US70)
> 
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
> 
> Alternatively, can anyone suggest a substitute paper of similar
> quality that might be available in Australia?
> 
> Thanks
> Gareth
>