Response to Paper for B&W Prints.

Try Oriental Seagull (like Ansel Adams used)for whatever you want as it seems a pretty decent paper. The best thing to do would be to get trial packs of the papers that intersst you and print the same image on each, trying to keep exposure time equal in the first instance, then repeat at a time suitable time as the may be some differences, (ilfords' new cooltone paper is reputed to be a bit faster than normal). As for grades the higher the contrast the higher the grade. Usually,however it can be a matter of printing at a grade that suits the image e.g a portrait of a craggy old man may be better suited to a higher grade than a portrait of an attractive young lady, and so on.

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