Got the paper, what now?

[Bjorn R]

Hi All,
I just got home with 2 unopened boxes of Agfa Portriga Rapid 118 7x9.5 Warmtone. One is marked 2 and is also marked "normal" the other one is marked 3 and "kräftig, Vigorous". Many photographers seems to really miss this paper so when I found the 2 boxes for $30 I just had to give it a try.

But there are some things I would need some help with:

I assume that the numbers 2 and 3 is the grades, is normal and "kräftig" also an indication of the grade or does is indicate something else?

What´s characteristic for this paper? What should I expect and what is it that has given this paper its good reputation?

Any recommended special treatment to get the warmtone?

 

[Paul Howell]

Hi All,
I just got home with 2 unopened boxes of Agfa Portriga Rapid 118 7x9.5 Warmtone. One is marked 2 and is also marked "normal" the other one is marked 3 and "kräftig, Vigorous". Many photographers seems to really miss this paper so when I found the 2 boxes for $30 I just had to give it a try.

But there are some things I would need some help with:

I assume that the numbers 2 and 3 is the grades, is normal and "kräftig" also an indication of the grade or does is indicate something else?

What´s characteristic for this paper? What should I expect and what is it that has given this paper its good reputation?

Any recommended special treatment to get the warmtone?

I am just finishing up the last of my Portriga, for what I think is a rich warm tone I use Afga warm tone developer, for a more neutral tone I use Zonal Pro. You may want to develop an unexposed sheet to make sure that it has not been fogged. I have grade 4, I am not sue what vigours may mean other than hard. I think Portriga was one of the best portrait papers around.