Tura Report Rapid - Backround information?

[Jens Hoffmann]

I was happy enough to find a large quantity of Tura Report Rapid (not Record Rapid) Paper. Does anyone know more about this paper? Is it just new labeled or produced by Tura itself?

Thanks in advance

 

[Brac]

Is it actually new paper or old stock? Tura used to manufacture their own films & papers, and in the mid-1970's I used some of their RC paper (it was in green boxes). Much later they were reselling relabeled films & papers (the films were from Agfa) and possibly the papers were too. They also did film slitting and packaging for other companies using 3rd party materials. But a few years ago they went out of business. Today the brand name Tura is owned exclusively by a company called Photo Star GmbH, which uses it for photographic materials made by others. They don't list a Report Rapid paper. See:-

http://www.photostar-germany.de/english/p_bwp.php

where there is a link to a PDF file of what B & W papers they do sell. My guess, and that's all it is, is that the Report Rapid paper is fairly old stock. It may be OK. I was happily using the Tura RC well over a decade after I bought it!

 

[Jens Hoffmann]

Thank you. Someone other had the idea that it could be AGFA Brovira speed.
Up to now I noticed that the fog is a bit higher compared to the Leonar paper I found in the same cellarroom and which might be much older.

BTW....the Leonar paper is really wonderful. One result of a first test of this paper can be found here:

http://www.look-s.de/?p=2666

 

[ath]

Jens - welcome to APUG.

 

[Craig Swensson]

I was given a couple of boxes of Tura paper perhaps two years ago.Informed at the time that it was about ten years old, it is also in green boxes with a very heavy black wrapping material. The paper is textured and has absolutely no fog.
regards

 

[Jens Hoffmann]

Thanks again for your comments and the welcome. I think I will introduce myself as soon as I have found the right place for this...