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ORWO: Where to get paper and film in U.S. now?


diane_kaye2

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Does anyone know of a current U.S. source of ORWO fiber papers/films?

(Freestyle has only a little RC left in their catalog.) I've sent a request to the corporate website. I'd be willing to buy some older Orwo graded fiber---it has a good shelf life.

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I have bought the B+G film from Lotus View Camera in Austria-good

prices and service-even with shipping to US it comes to about the same

as Arista/Ilford/Kodak from Freestyle. The Wephoto paper is also

superb and the B+G films use the same numbering system (NP22, etc.) as

ORWO (original Wolfen). I sent an e-mail from the Wephoto site but it

was not answered. Another source is www.fotoimpex.de or ask someone

in Europe to purchase and mail to you here in the US. Efke and Fomapan

films are also outstanding. Efke, I believe, has 2 retouching

surfaces, which may be an advantage in flatbed scanning re: Newton's

Rings. To summarize: I have found Efke, Fomapan and B+G (Orwo) to be

"as good as it gets" traditional emulsions. Other choices include

Bergger and

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