Kentmere at Freestyle

[Jan Pietrzak]

Michael,

Yes they will, grades 2 3 4 will be in stock (hopefuly) in April and grade 1 to be comming later.

Its one of the frist days with some sun in SoCal so off to the darkroom to work on making my new sink. Six feet of shiny/shinnie stainless.

Jan Pietrzak

[mikewhi]

Michael,

Yes they will, grades 2 3 4 will be in stock (hopefuly) in April and grade 1 to be comming later.

Its one of the frist days with some sun in SoCal so off to the darkroom to work on making my new sink. Six feet of shiny/shinnie stainless.

Jan Pietrzak

Thanks! I placed a pre-order with them. Can't wait for the paper to come in.
I took the dive and ordered 8x10, 16x20 and 20x24 sizes. I will try some Grade #1 when it comes in. They said they believe it will be available in rolls, too.

Nice to see a bromide paper again. Hope I like it as much as the original Zone VI Brilliant.

-Mike

[doughowk]

It appears that the Kentmere Bromide papers are already in stock. I pre-ordered from Freestyle & just got notification of shipment. Looking forward to trying this paper. Any recommendations of paper developer?

[Peter Schrager]

MikeW and DougHouk - Would you guys please return here and post your findings on the Kentmere Paper after you've tried it?
Thanks, Peter

[Mark Layne]

Mark,

Kentmere Bromide will come in 4 (US) grades #1 #2 #3 #4 Freestyle should be receiveing the paper in April. The reason for the 4 grades is to have a full line of product.

Jan Pietrzak

They had discontinued all except Grade 2 so they have obviously had to make something they never planned to make again. I hope these papers live up to expectations. I have some original grade 3 I can sometime compare.

[juan]

If this is, in fact. the same as the old Zone VI Brilliant, you might want to try what Fred Picker used - Dektol (1:2 or 1:3) or his Zone VI print developer, which is still available from Calumet.

I plan to try it with amidol and with Ansco 130.
juan

[Peter Schrager]

Juan-this is NOT going to be the old Zone-VI paper. That was produced by Bergiomont(spelling is off)in France which was the oldest mfg. of light sensitive materials in the world until they closed shop. Zone-VI was good paper but there are plenty of excellent papers available today. I can make Forte VC do things that "old" Zone VI never did. If this paper is a "true" Bromide paper then we have alot to cheer about. Hope someone will get back here and give us a detailed report after trying it.
Regards, Peter

[juan]

That's right, Peter - I had forgotten the paper came from France. I'm still excited about a bromide paper.
juan

[Bob F.]

They had discontinued all except Grade 2 so they have obviously had to make something they never planned to make again. I hope these papers live up to expectations. I have some original grade 3 I can sometime compare.

I emailed Kentmere about this. Seems they only supply grade 2 themselves but will make a full roll of other grades to order. Presumably, this is what happened here.

If a customer requests a full mill reel of another Grade then it would be manufactured for them. This only happens very occasionally

Cheers, Bob

[Deckled Edge]

MikeW and DougHouk - Would you guys please return here and post your findings on the Kentmere Paper after you've tried it?
Thanks, Peter

I ordered the Kentmere VC Glossy DWt. from Freestyle, and was printing with it in 48 hours. It's FAST, has a nice surface, rather chilly, but tones pinkish with KRST. It's hard to tell the finished print from Kodak Polymax Fine Art FD before staining. It works well with the Kodak Polymax filters, but gives a 50% increase in speed. At 1$ per sheet of 11x14 it's a bargain. I have only used a few sheets, so far, from one box, so I cannot comment on matters of quality control or variability.