Oriental New Seagull G (Photographic Paper)

Hello to every one ! I am interested to test the ORIENTAL NEW SEAGULL G paper. What is so special about it ? Does is really defer from all the other papers ? I would really appreciate any comments or ideas. Million thanks.

Stavros

The only way you are going to have a satisfactory answer to that is to

buy a pack and try it out yourself. Regards, Pat

Pat's right. It's hard to do any meaningful text description of paper

tone and appearance. Call Freestyle and buy a small pack. I did that

and was quite pleased with Seagull graded RC paper. Also, Freestyle

was inexpensive and very prompt.

Hello Stavros!

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Of course testing is the best way.

I like G2/G3 for lith printing it works superb, also the VC emulsion.

This really sets it apart from other mainstream fibre papers.It seems

to have higher silver content.

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Works also well as an "ordinary" paper. Simply try it.

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Wolfram

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In Germany it has become pretty expensive like 120 Euro for a box of

50 30.5*40.6.(12"*16")

For those interested in

Oriental New Seagull :

http://www.artzone.gr/paperzone/ori_seg.htm

Photo Techniques magazine had an article in their last issue

(March-April 2000) on the new Seagull papers. It was a very thorough

study by Phil Davis complete with contrast curves, etc. Among other

things, Seagull G appeared to have better blacks than some papers and

responded very well to selenium toning.

The Photo Techniques article was heavy on charts and graphs and light

on any information that would tell you anything about what the paper

might look like when you print on it.

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I'm not sure what the point was.

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I'm with the others who say the only way to find out is to print with

it.

I tried a pack of the FB and the VC. Quite nice, Dmax is very

similar to the other primo papers, Ilfoed MFFBIV, Agfa

Multicontrast classic. All around a good paper but it is very cold

even before selenium toning. If you like cold tones you should

like it.

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Mark