New Fine Art Lith Paper From ILFORD Photo

[Travis Nunn]

Is Tim Rudman being consulted on this?

Tim commented on this in his newsletter that was sent out yesterday.

 

[pentaxuser]

Tim commented on this in his newsletter that was sent out yesterday.

And seemed very upbeat about it. I think we have little to worry about in terms of its "lithability" Actually he was quite upbeat about a few new analogue materials which augurs well for the future.

pentaxuser

 

[Travis Nunn]

And seemed very upbeat about it. I think we have little to worry about in terms of its "lithability" Actually he was quite upbeat about a few new analogue materials which augurs well for the future.

pentaxuser

He certainly did seem upbeat about it. I'm excited!

 

[Thomas Bertilsson]

There is so much reason to be upbeat about this. Wonderful news.

 

[Pete H]

Brilliant! I look forward to trying it. Thanks Ilford.

 

[wogster]

I have to ask a stupid question that shows my ignorance of lith but can this be used for regular processing?

The only stupid question is the one that doesn't get asked.

Here is one that comes pretty close though, what is Lith? I've heard about it here, but really, I don't know how it's different from "normal" printing.

 

[Anon Ymous]

... what is Lith? I've heard about it here, but really, I don't know how it's different from "normal" printing.

Have a look here for an intro.

 

[Mark Fisher]

The only stupid question is the one that doesn't get asked.

Here is one that comes pretty close though, what is Lith? I've heard about it here, but really, I don't know how it's different from "normal" printing.

The short version is:
1. Color. Color varies considerably from paper to paper and with the chemistry you use. You can get colors including nearly neutral gray (hard to achieve though), a wide range of browns from chocolate to beige, blues, orangy brown and maroon. Most common is the warm black to brown range. Many papers also exhibit a really nice cooler shadow with a warmer highlight.
2. Grain. Most of the favorite papers to lith end up with a grainy to gritty feel, but not all.
3. Wide range of contrast possibilities. The process allows much wider contrast manipulation than standard printing.
4. A different look in the mid-tones.

There are a number of folks who are very good lith printers who post in the gallery (Andrew Moxom, Wolfgang Moersch, Mayfair710, Thomas Bertilsson, Travis Nunn, Guillaume Zuili, and I am sure I am forgetting some!). Looking at those will probably give you an idea of the incredible range of possibilities with lith.

 

[wogster]

Have a look here for an intro.

Thanks, that helps quite a bit.

 

[GJA]

I'm not particularly happy that this is a lith paper, but I am beyond happy about the fact that companies and especially Ilford are putting effort into new analogue stuff. With the end of Kodachrome, I was pretty sad even though I didn't really use it.

Ilford hasn't spend valuable R&D time into a product that wont sell, or will only sell for a few years. I think this is good evidence that traditional photography is holding up well.

I have never lith printed, but will try when this paper comes out.

 

[Travis Nunn]

I don't think I would call this a "lith paper" any more than I would consider Foma papers or any of the old Kentmere papers "lith paper." I would consider this just another line of papers that happens to respond well to the lith process.

 

[Alex Bishop-Thorpe]

Bloody brilliant.

 

[Toffle]

Anxiously waiting for a chance to try this. Put me on the Beta testers' list.

 

[David Lingham]

Good news. Congrats to Simon and Ilford.

 

[SchwinnParamount]

Simon,

I am absolutely thrilled that Ilford has made a paper tailored to us lith printers. The rest of the apug world think us weird for producing low contrast and oddly grainy work but we love what we do. Now we know that you (Ilford) love what we do too.

I'm getting all warm and mushy inside knowing that someone cares!!

 

[steven_e007]

Excellent news.

Some of us were a little upset at seeing our favourite Kentmere papers disappear to the great silver recovery bucket in the sky...

Fantastic to see Ilford coming up with new stuff to plug the voids

Now... any chance we can have it in 'Velvet Stipple'?

 

[Chazzy]

Credit is due to Ilford for taking a chance on introducing new products such as the Kentmere films and a new lith paper, and their participation in the impossible Polaroid project. I only wish that I could change their minds about replacing their 220 machinery, since we are in a very precarious situation with only one black and white emulsion available in 220 (from a manufacturer that doesn't like to hold on to niche products).

 

[arigram]

Thank you!
I am looking forward to it as I am reluctant to do much lith because of the whole confusion regarding papers and their lith-ability.
I know that FB paper is the realm of lith, but is there any possibility of the existence of an RC version or does that affect the lith sensitivity too much?

 

[rst]

Now, is there any news on this?

Cheers
Ruediger

 

[MVNelson]

something to look forward to for sure. I like the WT Forte and Foma iterations of lithable papers but sure would like something like Sterling to return ....

 

[SchwinnParamount]

I am a lith printer too. Simon, anything interesting happening with this?