Ilford Galerie grade 3 in 16x20 and 20x24. Still made?

[Jarin Blaschke]

Hi everybody:

I'm in LA where Freestyle tells me that graded Galerie paper has been discontinued in 16x20 and 20x24 since 2006. Meanwhile, I can find it for sale on the B&H and Adorama websites. Is this an issue with freestyle's supplier, or are the other two stores selling very old paper I don't want to buy?

At the least, does anyone have good contact at Ilford I can reach out to and get the real story??

Thanks,
Jarin

...Just when I start using a staining developer and calibrate my negs to Galerie grade 3. Just haven't needed to print bigger than 11x14 until now...

 

[MattKing]

Hi everybody:

I'm in LA where Freestyle tells me that graded Galerie paper has been discontinued in 16x20 and 20x24 since 2006. Meanwhile, I can find it for sale on the B&H and Adorama websites. Is this an issue with freestyle's supplier, or are the other two stores selling very old paper I don't want to buy?

At the least, does anyone have good contact at Ilford I can reach out to and get the real story??

Thanks,
Jarin

...Just when I start using a staining developer and calibrate my negs to Galerie grade 3. Just haven't needed to print bigger than 11x14 until now...

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[David Allen]

Here in Germany, Fotoimpex certainly still list it.

By far the best range of options for fixed grades are from Foma which make fantastic papers that, at least in Germany, are substantially cheaper than all other manufacturers.

Bests,

David.
www.dsallen.de

 

[Doremus Scudder]

Freestyle seems to be cutting back on their paper inventory, which is disappointing, especially given that they advertise a "commitment" to traditional B&W analog photography. I'm already sourcing Slavich from somewhere else now that they no longer carry it. Now if they don't want to carry the full range of Ilford papers in all the sizes...

Sad.

Doremus

 

[Jarin Blaschke]

Thanks everybody. From your information, the 16x20 still seems to be made - maybe Freestyle isn't so reliable for information after all. Still, I need to be sure supplies elsewhere are fresh and not old remaining stock. How does one "Start a Conversation?" I'm not totally familiar with all the features on APUG...

-Jarin

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[MattKing]

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[Ian Grant]

Jarin, you need to change supplier. It may well be that Freestyle aren't prepared to order sufficient Galerie Gd 3 in those sizes. MOQ usually means Minimum Order Quantity as Ilford do list it as a Non Stock item which means it's not discontinued, I can buy Gd 3 Galerie 120x16 and 24x20 easily here in the UK from at least 3 suppliers and it's fresh stock.

You might be far better asking Freestyle why they don't stock it while other suppliers do.

Ian

 

[Jarin Blaschke]

Hi everybody - for everyone's info, here was Ilford's reply:

"Dear Jarin,

You can find the full list of available items here http://www.ilfordphoto.com/products/productlist.asp?n=20&t=Photographic+Papers
(Ignore the Matt these items are no longer available)

We still manufacture and ship regularly to US Galerie FB Gd 3 in 16x20 (Item: 1628164) and 20x24in (Item: 1168026) and they are not discontinued. I'll mention your comments to Mike Bain who looks after our US sales operation.
I suggest you order elsewhere for now, but I'll see if we can clear this up for you.

Kind regards,
Neil."

 

[ChuckP]

I was wondering what people are finding for the date of manufacture of recently purchased Galerie. You can find out using : http://www.palomarkovic.net/mobile/BatchNumberDecoder/

I'm slowly using up my old supply and trying to find out if the paper being sold is of recent manufacture.

 

[Jarin Blaschke]

My Galerie G3 in 16x20 just came in from B&H. The batch number begins with 14, which your decoder interprets as February 2014.

 

[Ian Grant]

Simon Galley (Ilford/Harman) posted here on APUG that papers were good for at least 7 years, provided storage was OK. However in practice they'll be fine for many years longer.

Ian

 

[ChuckP]

Thanks Jarin. Think I'll buy a pack to compare against my old stuff.