Gast
Mirko,
I’ve just read that you’re now working with Retrographic – do they just distribute your products, or is it the other way round as well? The rather old-fashioned Slavich papers might be of interest for lithographic printing, particularly the Bromportrait...
Roman
MirkoBoeddecker
Roman,
I’ve already mentioned Slavich here and there.
In principle, I don’t think it makes sense to add yet another cold-black baryta paper to the range.
We already have Fomabrom, Vario Classic, Polykaltton, Ilford, Kodak, Agfa and others.
Everyone has a cold black paper in their range, with Vario and a fixed gradient, and they’re all selling very slowly.
What the market is currently lacking are brilliant poly-warm-tone papers (e.g. from Forte or Ilford). But Slavich has nothing to offer in that regard either.
At Retro, there are hardly any sizes or gradients left in stock either...
Will you advance us the €10,000 needed to stock and offer the range properly? B)
We really need every penny at the moment to help Forte.
If Retro places another order, we’ll join in. You can also get everything available from Retro through us.
That goes without saying. ;)
Mirko
Gast
Hello,
Wouldn't Kentmere be a good choice for a warm-toned paper like this? I hear Kentona is said to be quite similar to Record Rapid. Or have you actually had a go at printing the Azomures and Fohar range on a paper like that?
Roland
MirkoBoeddecker
Roland,
Azomures no longer exists. They only make fertilisers now.
I’m sure there are still alternatives to Forte, but none of them really measure up.
Besides, Kentmere is considerably more expensive.
As far as I know, Fohar only (used to) offer this in a fixed gradient.
We’ll do our best to offer you an alternative if the Forte warm tone sells out – and no new stock has arrived (yet) – but I’d prefer it if as many of you as possible stuck with Forte. The more demand you can generate now, the more likely it is that the ‘administrator’ will say we can carry on.
Mirko
Gast
Hello,
Why would Kentmere be too expensive? Photographic paper is fairly cheap anyway, and if I’m not mistaken, the price is about the same as Ilford’s – I could manage that. It’s more a case of me lacking the time and, at the moment, finding photographic paper to my taste than the money to use an enlarger.
If Fohar – my Bulgarian is unfortunately too poor to decipher their website – were to stock such a warm-tone paper in fixed gradation, would it be conceivable that they might produce it as a substitute for Fortezo or offer it in original packs?
Of course, I’m happy with the Forte papers, but if they really are no longer available, one has to look for an alternative.
And I’d like a classic fixed-grade warm-tone paper with a baryta base, as Fomabrom isn’t suitable for every type of image (it only covers landscapes and portraits very modestly).
Roland
PS: Thank you very much for still making an effort for our hobby and not everyone switching to digital.
Gast
Hello,
Here’s another question – perhaps a rather silly one – but what’s the reason for that? Azomures no longer produces photographic materials. I took a close look at the website and noticed a heading saying ‘photosensitive materials’ alongside ‘under construction’ in a nice graphic. In my view, this simply means that the relevant section of the website isn’t finished yet, but I can’t conclude from that that they’ve stopped manufacturing photographic materials.
Roland
