Paper negatives

Yes, this has been discussed in the past, but it seems that photo paper options become fewer monthly. What is the best paper currently available for shooting paper negatives, and what are the USA sources? I want to shoot an 8X10 with a old (and slow) 159mm wide angle lens. Thanks.

will you be contact printing them or scanning them ?

contact printing, pretty much anythng without a watermark on the back

old might be good, if it is fogged ( maybe ) which might reduce contrast a little bit.

scan, pretty much anything ( same thing about fog )

don't count out coating your own... liquid emulsions are easy to use and coating

paper is a breeze. its not hard to make emulsion either thelightfarm.com has TONS of info

and a book ( blurb ) as does ron mowrey ( book, dvd, workshops ) as does the george eastman museum.

coating glass and plastic and toher stuff is fun too, and works just like a paper negative, just thickener.

have fuN!

john

Ilford doesn't have printing on the back and their RC is nice. Arista (available from Freestyle) might not have printing - I haven't used it in awhile. They also make ortho litho film that works well for in camera shooting. It's higher contrast, but that can be tamed somewhat by using paper developer that's fairly dilute and by pre-flashing. The speed on the ortho litho is about like paper.