New paper?

[Frank53]

Found this in the Tim Rudman newsletter:

Finally: January 2021 - a 'teaser'
January brings not only the promise of widespread vaccination programmes for Covid-19, but also a new photographic paper (embargoed until January 12th) and we don't get many of those now.

I have samples in my darkroom and will bring you news in January after the embargo is lifted, so keep an eye on your inboxes and your spam folders.

Could this be the Adox Polywarmtone?

Regards,
Frank

 

[Alan9940]

Could this be the Adox Polywarmtone?

Now THAT would be a wonderful start to the new year!

 

[relistan]

That would be totally awesome. I will buy immediately, if so. A 10 year odyssey for them!

 

[larfe]

Polywarmtone?

 

[Lachlan Young]

Highly likely to be PWT. At last!

 

[Team ADOX]

Found this in the Tim Rudman newsletter:
Finally: January 2021 - a 'teaser'
January brings not only the promise of widespread vaccination programmes for Covid-19, but also a new photographic paper (embargoed until January 12th) and we don't get many of those now.
I have samples in my darkroom and will bring you news in January after the embargo is lifted, so keep an eye on your inboxes and your spam folders.
Could this be the Adox Polywarmtone?
Regards,
Frank

No, it will not be an ADOX product.

ADOX - Innovation in Analog Photography.

 

[Ian Grant]

Highly likely to be PWT. At last!

There was a new variable contrast B&W paper announced earlier this year or the end of last year from an unexpected source, I can't think of the company but it was to be their first silver based paper. There were FB and RC versions, photos of the boxes were posted on this Forum.

Ian

 

[Lachlan Young]

There was a new variable contrast B&W paper announced earlier this year or the end of last year from an unexpected source, I can't think of the company but it was to be their first silver based paper. There were FB and RC versions, photos of the boxes were posted on this Forum.

Ian

The fact it's been through Tim Rudman's hands suggests that whatever it is is either intended to lith or be readily toned.

 

[AgX]

What dot you mean by "embargoed"? (Halide stuff is so oldfashioned now, that it hardly could make it on any embargo listing.)

Perhaps you mean "restricted for sale".

 

[Frank53]

What dot you mean by "embargoed"? (Halide stuff is so oldfashioned now, that it hardly could make it on any embargo listing.)

Perhaps you mean "restricted for sale".

That’s what Tim Rudman writes. He knows what paper it is, he has samples of it, but is not allowed to tell anyone more about it untill Januari 12. It’s all marketing, I suppose

 

[AgX]

Then maybe we just wait until January 12th and not crank up any hype before...

 

[grat]

Apparently, you're not familiar with the internet.....

 

[pentaxuser]

Apparently, you're not familiar with the internet.....

Nice one. It might not even be paper at all. It is probably Kodachrome

pentaxuser

 

[grat]

Cibachrome, if it;s a paper.

 

[pentaxuser]

Found this in the Tim Rudman newsletter:Frank

Frank on a slightly more serious note than my comment in #13 above about Kodachrome, was this the latest newsletter or an earlier one?

I ask because just a few minutes ago I received the newsletter and there was no mention of new paper in that newsletter. It may have been in an earlier newsletter which I deleted and have forgotten it was mentioned?

Thanks

pentaxuser

 

[R.Gould]

Frank on a slightly more serious note than my comment in #13 above about Kodachrome, was this the latest newsletter or an earlier one?

I ask because just a few minutes ago I received the newsletter and there was no mention of new paper in that newsletter. It may have been in an earlier newsletter which I deleted and have forgotten it was mentioned?

Thanks

pentaxuser

I recieved the same newsletter from Tim Rudman yesterday (10th december) and the New paper is in it, we will just have to wait until January 12th to find out, but new papers are a rare event these days it is going to be hard to wait
Richard

 

[pentaxuser]

Thanks Richard and yes in my letter of today he mentions a previous December Newsletter so I either didn't receive that one or deleted it without looking but I think this to be unlikely

pentaxuser

 

[mshchem]

I recieved the same newsletter from Tim Rudman yesterday (10th december) and the New paper is in it, we will just have to wait until January 12th to find out, but new papers are a rare event these days it is going to be hard to wait
Richard

I got the same letter. He has the paper in his darkroom. I would bet on Ilford

 

[Lachlan Young]

I got the same letter. He has the paper in his darkroom. I would bet on Ilford

Or Foma.

The one thing that has become clear in the last few years is that a specific 'lithable' paper isn't dependent on all the handwaving over mystical heavy metal salts (especially as Cd was probably long gone from many formulations by the time anyone noticed the emulsion would lith), but on components seemingly added in the layer build-up stages.

 

[Raghu Kuvempunagar]

Can it be be a new incarnation of Tim Rudman's favourite Sterling Lith paper?

 

[mshchem]

Or Foma.

The one thing that has become clear in the last few years is that a specific 'lithable' paper isn't dependent on all the handwaving over mystical heavy metal salts (especially as Cd was probably long gone from many formulations by the time anyone noticed the emulsion would lith), but on components seemingly added in the layer build-up stages.

I'm a fan of Fomatone, I have never tried lith printing. Whatever it is I hope it encourages more people to get printing, and is profitable for the manufacturer.

 

[miha]

Bump.

 

[pentaxuser]

Well today's the day, isn't it, for the famous Tim Newsletter to be published? So not long to go now before we will know

pentaxuser

 

[R.Gould]

I've heard nothing yet still waiting with baited breath

 

[m00dawg]

word on the street is it got pushed back by a week :/