Interesting paper: New Oriental Warmtone

[Jan Pedersen]

Dennis, Sounds like a paper to my liking. I have been disapointed with most if not all warmtone papers curently on the marked.
Recently bought some of the new Adox Variotone Premium in the hope that it would be warmer than Ilfords WT paper but as the Bergger paper, also made my Ilford (Harman) it is not as warm as i would like.

[Dennis]

Hi Jan, I am continuing to test it tonight and am really coming to like the new stuff. It is much warmer with probably a hint of the infamous green. I am processing it in the classic Ansco 130 formula. It is becoming clear that it prints very differently from the old Oriental WT. There seems to be a longer tonal scale in the lower tones and yet the white pops out nicely. I found the Ilford WT and the old Oriental WT nearly identical papers. This new stuff is much warmer. If I like it as much after washing and drying as I do wet, I am going to have to find someone who wants to trade the new for all the boxes of old I have frozen.
Dennis

[Jan Pedersen]

Dennis, Please bring a print to our next meeting, i would love to see how this paper (And your print) looks.
A little time in the Selenium toner should make the green go away.
Let us know (And see)

[Andrew O'Neill]

Thanks Toyon for informing us about this paper. I'll see if Beau Photo is carrying it in Vancouver...

[Stephen Thomason]

Old thread, but just tried it today. GORGEOUS!!! Developed in LPD 1:3, Selenium toned 1:3, air dried. For the right subject, in my case, nature shots, just beautiful.

I also use Iford MGFB warmtone, and this Oriental paper is responds MUCH more strongly to my developer and toning.

I liked the "old" oriental warmtone, but was never able to eliminate its habit of developing edge fog. With the announcement of a new emulsion, I cautiously purchased an 8x10 25 sheet pack. The new paper is like none I have ever tried before. It has a cream base and an extremely warm tone... almost yellow. It is quite contrasty at #2 filtration, closer to a #2.5 in other vc papers. It responds more vigorously to selenium than any other I have tested, shifting from the yellow to a handsome coppery brown with cleaner whites, and then back to a vivid yellow tone after 10 minutes at 1:20. So far I am pleased that such a new and interesting paper is available. However, it is quite dissimilar to the tonality of Agfa or Ilford Warmtone, which "old" Oriental Warmtone was. I am going to do some more testing. So far I have seen no edge fogging, though I did see some emulsion flaws in one sheet.

I would be interested in hearing other peoples experience with this paper.