Michael A.Smith
25-Jul-2001, 22:26
From time to time we get phone calls and receive e-mails asking questions about Azo. Some are from folks wondering if Azo is still available. Seems the camera stores just don't want to handle it and they tell pe ople it is no longer being made. Azo is being made. We are committed to keeping it in production. Below is a press release we recently wrote. Full information is on our web site at www.michaelandpaula.com under "Azo", or give us a call at 610-847-2005.
Michael A. Smith
Azo
Unprecedented effort by two photographers to save the last of the contact printing papers from oblivion.
Due to the unwillingness of major photography supply stores to carry Kodak?s Azo paper, Michael A. Smith and Paula Chamlee announce that they have be come limited dealers for this product. "This is not something that we really wan ted to do," Smith explained, "but we are committed to preserving Azo?the finest photographic paper out there, and this was the only way we could see to do it. W e are even building a 200 square-foot freezer so we can properly store this pape r." Smith and Chamlee are hopeful that in addition to the current market for tho se who make contact prints from large negatives, a new market will open up for A zo for those photographers who make enlarged digital negatives and want to conta ct print them. "Azo has the longest scale of any paper today; it even has a long er scale than platinum paper. For those wanting to make contact prints, it is, b y far, the preferred choice."
Smith and Chamlee will carry all currently manufactured sizes and grades. They h ope the contact printing community will support their efforts so that this extra ordinary paper can remain in production.
Smith and Chamlee report that the following sizes and grades and quantities are currently available. Continued availability will be a function of demand.
4x5 Grade 2 500 sheets 8x10 Grade 2 100 sheets and 500 sheets 8x10 Grade 3 100 sheets and 500 sheets 8 1/2 x 11 Grade 2 250 sheets 20x24 Grade 2 50 sheets 20x24 Grade 3 50 sheets
More information can be found on their web site: www.michaelandpaula.com under " Azo" or call them at 610-847-2005.
Michael A. Smith
Azo
Unprecedented effort by two photographers to save the last of the contact printing papers from oblivion.
Due to the unwillingness of major photography supply stores to carry Kodak?s Azo paper, Michael A. Smith and Paula Chamlee announce that they have be come limited dealers for this product. "This is not something that we really wan ted to do," Smith explained, "but we are committed to preserving Azo?the finest photographic paper out there, and this was the only way we could see to do it. W e are even building a 200 square-foot freezer so we can properly store this pape r." Smith and Chamlee are hopeful that in addition to the current market for tho se who make contact prints from large negatives, a new market will open up for A zo for those photographers who make enlarged digital negatives and want to conta ct print them. "Azo has the longest scale of any paper today; it even has a long er scale than platinum paper. For those wanting to make contact prints, it is, b y far, the preferred choice."
Smith and Chamlee will carry all currently manufactured sizes and grades. They h ope the contact printing community will support their efforts so that this extra ordinary paper can remain in production.
Smith and Chamlee report that the following sizes and grades and quantities are currently available. Continued availability will be a function of demand.
4x5 Grade 2 500 sheets 8x10 Grade 2 100 sheets and 500 sheets 8x10 Grade 3 100 sheets and 500 sheets 8 1/2 x 11 Grade 2 250 sheets 20x24 Grade 2 50 sheets 20x24 Grade 3 50 sheets
More information can be found on their web site: www.michaelandpaula.com under " Azo" or call them at 610-847-2005.