Are We Really Stuck With Ilford MGFB? Where Are the Magic Papers of the Past?

[DREW WILEY]

That's why all the larger sizes of Brilliant were packed 25 sheet boxes instead,
like current Foma or, if and when available, Bergger paper.

 

[John Wiegerink]

Currently printing with a pack of 25 Ilford Ilfospeed grade 2; with visually good results!
I still have Galerie and 10 year old Ilford Multigrade fiber base to play with.

I just made a few prints on some Ilford Ilfospeed grade 4 and it works as good now as it did when I got it two days after the last dinosaur died. Really good stuff!

 

[DREW WILEY]

Wait a minute... I'm a dinosaur and still alive. So is everyone else who finds a dark cloth mandatory.

 

[John Wiegerink]

Wait a minute... I'm a dinosaur and still alive. So is everyone else who finds a dark cloth mandatory.

I'm in the same age bracket so I'm a little dinosauracy too. A dark cloth and a tripod with 5 legs...........three for the camera and two for me. Seriously, I don't find many older papers I have on hand handle age very well. It's a pleasant surprise when you dig through a stack of old battered boxes and find some paper that is still worth using. Brings a smile to your face, but the sad part is that when the box goes empty you're screwed.

 

[Paul Howell]

My Ward mail order catalog from 1951 list Kodak plus X at 3.84 for a 36 exp roll of 35mm, that would be 48.99 US in today's money. On the other hand a 100 sheets of Kodabromide 8X10 double weight was 6.84 or 81.91 which is less than a 100 sheets of most modern papers.

 

[Lachlan Young]

On the other hand a 100 sheets of Kodabromide 8X10 double weight was 6.84 or 81.91 which is less than a 100 sheets of most modern papers

If you relate it to average incomes (which is a more realistic model for these sorts of products) you end up at USD 262.00.

 

[DREW WILEY]

My first "average wage" was fifty cents a day pushing a non-power mower over an old lady's lawn.