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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Two women

Lithprint on Agfa Portriga Rapid
Old paper from 1970
Moersch SE5 Lith



4 comments:

  1. Hello,

    Just found your blog when googling about developer for old Agfa Portriga paper.

    Congratulations for these magicals photographs !

    Best regards,

    Raphael

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    1. Thank you Raphael! I hope you have found what you are looking for?

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    2. Hi Gerda,

      In fact, no, I haven't found yet, because I am looking for a way to develop these papers (along with Brovira), with modern developpers I have handy, just for a test.

      Until now, I found only two way to process it :
      - make my own developer based on old Agfa recipe (i.e Agfa 123), using raw chemicals, but I haven't them all on shelf.
      - use lith process with Moersch chemistry, like very much the results, but I haven't it either. I discovered this way with your blog !

      Do you know any other option ?

      The paper boxes I got (found in the attic of my parents house), are rather of small size (6x9 cm and 8x10 cm), so I wonder if it's worth the expense in chemistry, and I don't know if they are still usable.

      However, the Moersch lith process is a thing I would try someday !

      Best regards,

      Raphael

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    3. Hi Raphael,

      You can use the modern developers like Amaloco but that old paper has loose his contrast and sometimes it has a veil. But for creative images the softness and the veil can work. I think - try... nothing is lost when it turns out not so great :-)and perhaps you see something on which you can go further experiment.
      Good luck! (let me know if you like, how it turns out) Gerda

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