I have been using this paper for the last 3 months. I also thought it was a very hard paper to controle due to it's texture and the type of emultion on it. But after a couple of sheets i have found out that this paper and ''foma'' which is a czechoslavakian company which does a wonderfull warm tone dev. is a killer combination where you can get dark blacks on a matte surface. You still get that slight soft focus and the old fashioned look and the tonal range is very limitted but with the right image and a bit of patience and some dodging and burning you can get a very unique print. Over all it's a very soft paper to feel and see and i thought it was more suitable for films which were high in contrasts. Though i think it's just a good experiment and an experience but doesn't do any more than that.

If you're looking for an old-fashioned, highly-textured look.

Expensive, not variable-contrast, produces a soft-focus, low-contrast image. (Blacks are not deep and rich).

I do mainly portraits and I was excited to try a new paper. I may have missed the point, but it's not the "matte" I'm used to ... it's very roughly textured. I tried several of my best negatives and finally got a few acceptable prints. (As far as I can tell, it's not a variable-contrast paper, so you need to choose a very good negative.) Due to the surface the print comes out with a soft-focus effect, and the blacks are not particularly rich. It seems "old-fashioned" -- the type of paper used in the 20s and 30s. Perhaps I used it wrong, perhaps it's just not for me, perhaps it needs to be toned or otherwise manipulated, but I won't be using it in the future. If anyone can enlighted me, please contact! (Price paid for was for 10 8x10 sheets)

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