where to get RA4 Chemistry and Paper?

mshchem said:

I found Nordfoto, looks like they do offer cut Kodak paper. The only listing I can find is for 8x10 matte surface. Curious if this is the last of the product? Price is reasonable. I sure wish Alaris would provide 8x10 and 11 X14 in lustre and gloss.

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I replied to Koraks message, yesterday, but it seems it was swallowed.

I bought a box of glossy Endura from Nordfoto in October to force myself to finally try colour printing.

I can confirm that I also saw Kodak paper disappear from their webshop, except those three leftover boxes of matte paper. Note that paper rolls have disappeared, as well. I hope that will be temporary!

lantau said:

I replied to Koraks message, yesterday, but it seems it was swallowed.

I bought a box of glossy Endura from Nordfoto in October to force myself to finally try colour printing.

I can confirm that I also saw Kodak paper disappear from their webshop, except those three leftover boxes of matte paper. Note that paper rolls have disappeared, as well. I hope that will be temporary!

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The disappearance might be due to Tetenal's problems. As I understand it, they are a distributor for the paper in the EU.

I purchased both the F and the N surface from them, but my last order was something like 9 months ago. However, I do have issues with what seems to be fogging on this paper which I don't have with rolls of Fuji paper I got from different sources. The endura paper from Nordfoto has a pale mint/green fog which I haven't been able to track down yet. It's a shame, because otherwise it's a magnificent paper if you're looking for high saturation and contrast. I will probably try to buy rolls next time so I can be sure any issues I run into are within my control.

koraks said:

I purchased both the F and the N surface from them, but my last order was something like 9 months ago. However, I do have issues with what seems to be fogging on this paper which I don't have with rolls of Fuji paper I got from different sources. The endura paper from Nordfoto has a pale mint/green fog which I haven't been able to track down yet. It's a shame, because otherwise it's a magnificent paper if you're looking for high saturation and contrast. I will probably try to buy rolls next time so I can be sure any issues I run into are within my control.

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I finally did RA4 in the last three days before New Years Eve and didn't notice any fogging. The unexposed parts of the sheet were perfectly white.

There were a few, probably exposed, marks on the top edge of quite a few sheets. But within the area that will be trimmed anyway. I did notice static discharges twice when I took a sheet out of the bag and it touched my steel easel. Maybe this happened when they cut down the roll. But in general I'm happy with the stuff.

Printing colour finally gives meaning to C41 film. And only three (rewarding) sessions into it, there is a lot left to explore.

This is interesting. I wouldn't be at all surprised if this has something to do with Tetenal issue. I will be watching. I want some really nice professional paper. The Fuji stuff works well, except it is so thin big sheets require caution to not wrinkle. The prices seem reasonable from Nordfoto, I wouldn't need to pay VAT so that would help with shipping. I noticed that the Fuji 5 L E6 kits are about HALF the price as in the US from Freestyle. Probably not practical to ship chemistry.
Seems like there's a lot more options in Europe.