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[Digital BW] Re: Fine Art Pearl

2006-03-20 by Tyler Boley

Apparently it has a lot of OBs, so possibly a bit blueish. I'll be very interested in the Innova 
offering, could sit nicely in the middle.
Tyler

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Carl Schofield <scho@...> wrote:
>
> Outback photo is expecting some for review shortly and the paper is  
> supposed to be available next month.
> 
> Carl
> 
> On Mar 19, 2006, at 8:01 PM, Eleanor Brown wrote:
> 
> > I did the same thing and got the same response.  I then wrote back  
> > and asked what the
> > new paper is like and when will i be able to purchase it.  I never  
> > heard back.  anyone know
> > anything about this paper and how it compares to silver rag?  eleanor
> >
> > --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean"  
> > <deanwork2003@>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> I emailed Hahnemuhle to see if I could have some samples to be a beta
> >> tester and compare with Silver Rag. The project head Christensen,  
> >> said
> >> they would be interested in having me test future products but this
> >> one was already out of beta tests. That sounded strange to me  
> >> since no
> >> one I know has even seen it except Jimmy Doyle at a trade show and he
> >> doesn't even have any to play with yet.
> >>
> >> So, it's all a mystery to me, but evidently it is a little smoother
> >> than Silver Rag but is not a cotton based paper but rather an alpha
> >> cellulose sheet, like darkroom fiber. I'm interested in what kind of
> >> sheen it may exhibit. I'm sure Hahnemuhle doesn't want to give this
> >> market away to Crane. May the best man win. Personally the word
> >> "Pearl" worries me a little. It brings to mind the Cibachrome Pearl
> >> which was a sad surface.
> >>
> >> John
>

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