Rusalka
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Hello to everybody,
I am interested in learning to contact print, and I keep reading over and over about AZO and Amidol. Because I have never held an AZO print in my hand I dont know what type of paper it is. Is it Glossy, Matte, semi-matte? It must be good if I hear so much "glowing" comments about it. I shoot in medium format with FP4+ and develop in Rodinal so my images have a nice combination of reasonably fine grain but nice noticable sharpness and I have to say that the only matte surface I have ever liked with my work is Agfa MCC118, it has a nice subtle luster without being lifeless. Most of my work I have been printing an image slightly larger than 11x14 onto 16x20 Oriental Graded paper, would this be a size problem for contact printing. Sorry not meaning to offend those who like matte surface it just doesnt work for me.
Love to hear more details about this wonder paper
Katka
I am interested in learning to contact print, and I keep reading over and over about AZO and Amidol. Because I have never held an AZO print in my hand I dont know what type of paper it is. Is it Glossy, Matte, semi-matte? It must be good if I hear so much "glowing" comments about it. I shoot in medium format with FP4+ and develop in Rodinal so my images have a nice combination of reasonably fine grain but nice noticable sharpness and I have to say that the only matte surface I have ever liked with my work is Agfa MCC118, it has a nice subtle luster without being lifeless. Most of my work I have been printing an image slightly larger than 11x14 onto 16x20 Oriental Graded paper, would this be a size problem for contact printing. Sorry not meaning to offend those who like matte surface it just doesnt work for me.
Love to hear more details about this wonder paper
Katka
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