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Review Summary
2013-11-05T19:00:00
If you are still printing photos in the darkroom, this paper is very reliable, and the price is amazing. I recommend this to people want an RC paper that they can count on. This price can't be beat. I usually buy it in a box of 250 sheets.
Suburban p.
2013-04-07T21:00:00
I use this paper as a paper negative for the large format camera instead of film and it worked good for this purpose. I graded it with ISO 3 and had consistent results with an exposure.
Andrey P.
2013-03-09T19:00:00
I decided to go out on a whim and order Adorama's in-house brand paper and see what it was like. After doing some prints, I found that I liked the tonal range and nice sheen after drying, however my biggest gripe is the speed of the paper. IT IS FAST! In fact, too fast to make test strip exposures. A well-exposed and good contrast print will probably need less than five seconds worth of exposure (even with your lens stopped all the way down) which again, is too fast for me to do any evaluating. Sure, since it's cheap you can burn though a few sheets until you get your timing/exposure right, but then again waste is waste. I think if you're quick with your exposures and know absolutely what you're doing in advance, then this paper could possibly be for you.
Greeners
• Adorama VGRC is a high speed, variable contrast, black and white enlarging paper with a medium weight, polyethylene coated base. The paper base is 190 g/m2 coated on both sides with 40 g/m2 of polyethylene giving a base weight of approximately 270 g/m2 and a thickness of approximately 245 microns. The silver halide emulsion has a silver content of approximately 1.5 g/m2.
• Adorama VC RC gives a consistent image tone across all grades, exhibits excellent image sharpness and is available in Glossy & Pearl surfaces. The use of yellow and magenta colored filters permits selection of required contrast from a range of grades similar to that of graded papers. A neutral-cool image tone and clean white base combine to give a high quality paper equally suitable for tray or machine processing.
• Adorama VGRC is designed for use with tungsten or tungsten halogen light sources, other light sources may give different contrast values. Exposure of the paper is straight forward, depending on which filter system is in use. For Ilford Multigrade filters, grades 00 to 3.5 have the same speed (ISO P250) and grades 4 and 5 require approximately twice the exposure. For the filter settings of table B, grades 0 to 4 have the same speed (ISO P320). Grades 00 and 5 require more exposure (ISO P250). When no filter is used, the paper has a contrast of approximately grade 2 and a speed of ISO P 640.
• Open only in a photographic darkroom illuminated by standard OC or red safelights containing 15 watt bulbs or equivalent. The safelights should be at least 3 feet from the paper at all times and good working practice of keeping exposure to safelights at a minimum should be adopted. Unused paper should be returned to its original packaging for storage.