I love your film and paper products and have never been let down by your quality.
Recently I saw some photographs printed on long expired "Portriga" paper. It had a lovely brown tone right out of the developer/stop/fix/wash without toning. While I enjoy toning your warmtone MGFB paper it is difficult to get that perfect warmth through out the image, and difficult to maintain the same tone across various images. Nelson's gold toner gives a similar effect but must be used at high temperatures for up to 20 minutes.
While I realize it was likely the amount of Cadmium or other toxic chemical in the paper that provided that lovely tonality, I am requesting that your R&D (if exists) find a magical alternative component to incorporate into paper to revive that true warmth once again. I stumbled on several articles from 1990's touting the beauty of that paper and the glow that it had. Seeing it first hand was almost a religious experience.
I suppose there could also be a chemical method to shift the tone of a paper that could be incorporated into the workflow without the need for traditional toners. And preferably without a heavy polysulfide smell.
Thanks for your consideration.
Recently I saw some photographs printed on long expired "Portriga" paper. It had a lovely brown tone right out of the developer/stop/fix/wash without toning. While I enjoy toning your warmtone MGFB paper it is difficult to get that perfect warmth through out the image, and difficult to maintain the same tone across various images. Nelson's gold toner gives a similar effect but must be used at high temperatures for up to 20 minutes.
While I realize it was likely the amount of Cadmium or other toxic chemical in the paper that provided that lovely tonality, I am requesting that your R&D (if exists) find a magical alternative component to incorporate into paper to revive that true warmth once again. I stumbled on several articles from 1990's touting the beauty of that paper and the glow that it had. Seeing it first hand was almost a religious experience.
I suppose there could also be a chemical method to shift the tone of a paper that could be incorporated into the workflow without the need for traditional toners. And preferably without a heavy polysulfide smell.
Thanks for your consideration.