Has Agfa Portriga disappeared again?

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I saw a question about Portriga on the Large Format forum, and a quick check at Freestyle and B&H showed that neither currently lists it. Has this product disappeared again?

-- Ed Buffaloe (edb@unblinkingeye.com), January 24, 2002

Answers

Apparently so. See Agfa press release: http://www.agfaus.com/news/photo/portriga_2001_en.pdf

A moment of silence, please, for the sad loss of yet another friend.

-- Charlie Strack (charlie_strack@sti.com), January 24, 2002.


What? I haven't seen Portriga on the European market for years! Agfa is really bad with marketing their products. It's like they will stay in the shadows. :-/

Forte have a "Elfenbein" portrait paper I will try some day.

-- Patric (jenspatric@mail.bip.net), January 26, 2002.


Portiga has been gone for about a year now. Try the Forte, you will like it.

-- Robert Orofino (minotaur1949@iopener.net), January 26, 2002.

I second Robert's recomendation on switching to Forte. I just tried the Polygrade V fiber (neutral tone) and like it a lot. It tones very nicely in selenium toner as well.

-- Jim Billups (jim@jimbillups.com), January 28, 2002.

I have tried Forte warm. It is good, but it isn't the same as Portriga. I've also used some of the Bergger graded warm papers, which are no longer available. I hate to see a quality graded warm- tone paper disappear, particularly since I recently discovered that iodine bleach will bleach them without changing the emulsion color. But I'll make do with the VC warm papers, or perhaps try the Forte cold tone with lots of selenium.

Last year I did some Van Dyke Brown printing, and I'm about to embark on some more experiments with that process, having just learned a reasonable method of making enlarged negatives by reversal. After that, I'm going to try to learn to make Kallitypes. There was an interesting discussion recently on the Alt-Process Mail List about Kallitypes being easily mistaken for Platinum prints. I've decided that if silver gelatine papers are going to start disappearing, I need to learn to coat my own emulsions.

-- Ed Buffaloe (edb@unblinkingeye.com), January 29, 2002.



Just to set the story straight, Bergger does make a warm tone and neutral tone graded paper. CB ART is the warm glossy version available in grades 2,3,4. NB is the neutral glossy graded available in grades 2,3,4. NM is a neutral matte available in grades 2,3.

Currently all are on a white base, but I'm working on a off-white or ivory base.

Best Regards,

-- John Horowy (sales@bergger.com), January 29, 2002.


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