Paper Surfaces?

[jeffreyg]

Currently Ilford FBMG glossy air dried. I’m not sure anyone mentioned the old Seagull graded papers

 

[mshchem]

Pretty hard to beat a F surface (Kodak nomenclature) glossy, air dried fiber base print. If I'm going to display I'll dry mount one and make a couple extras for the flat files.

 

[GregY]

I sure liked the old Guillemot & Boespflug "Brilliant" surface

 

[Kino]

Kodak used to make many interesting paper surfaces. That'll never happen again.

That is for sure. The paper surface samples in the old Kodak Darkroom Guides make me sad and very envious I didn't get to try many of them...

Here's a great book on how Kodak used to make paper on the Denise Ross website, "The Light Farm":

http://www.thelightfarm.com/BookImages/Guide_to_Surface_Characteristics_FINAL.pdf

 

[Nicholas Lindan]

The paper surface samples in the old Kodak Darkroom Guides make me sad and very envious ...

It was the images in the old Darkroom Guide that made me envious. The quality was beyond anything I have seen since. Subject matter was kitsch, but that wasn't the point.

I was a ferrotyped glossy fan, so the surface texture did not interest me. Still doesn't. But now I am an unferrotyped glossy fan - modern papers don't ferrotype for love or money (not that I have a lot of either to my name).

 

[RalphLambrecht]

It depends on the paper type and subject. For RC papers, I like Pearl surface and gloss for FB.
For a female portrait, I might choose a semi-matt surface.
Those who like to add coloring might choose a Matt surface.

exactky my preference too; the glossier the surface,the deeper the blacks, and the more sensitive to fingerprints.

 

[Carnie Bob]

I like matt surface toned for silver and HPR for platinum palladiums, I dislike glossy .