Digital BW, The Print

The new Ilford Galerie Gold Silk Fiber is selling for about half the  
price of the other fiber papers.  I haven't seen any user reports yet  
about this paper, but if it is as good as the others then perhaps we  
will start to see some decline in all fiber prices.

Carl

On Nov 19, 2007, at 11:34 PM, john dean wrote:

> I agree. I just tried the Harmon and the dynamic range is excellent as
> is the dmax and sharpness, but the surface is certainly more slick
> than any fiber paper I ever used. To me it looks more like rc than I
> would like. The gamut and dmax richer on the Innova F Semi-Matte than
> the old Epson semi-matte. I love it, but it ain't cheap. We're gonna
> get addicted to this stuff and we gotta get the prices down a little.
>
> john
>
>
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Tyler Boley"
> <tyler@...> wrote:
>>
>> I think the Innova would be close, but I don't have any prints  
>> made on
>> the Epson to compare.
>> Jim Doyle has a good sample pack of all of these papers, it's worth
>> seeing.
>> Tyler
>>
>> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bill Iverson"
>> <wiverson@> wrote:
>>>
>>> Tyler (or anyone else): How does the Innova F Semi Matte surface
>>> compare with the discontinued Epson Semi-Matte?  I very much liked
> the
>>> Epson's smooth-but-not-really-glossy surface (and the consequent
>>> reasonably rich blacks).  But now it's gone, and I'd love to find a
>>> real fibre paper with the same type of surface.  The Harman FB AI
> Gloss
>>> is nice, but a bit too glossy to be ideal, IMHO.
>>>
>>> Other nominations also welcomed, natch.
>>>
>>> Bill Iverson
>>>
>>
>