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Which Board? => Main Forum => Topic started by: Susan B. on October 13, 2006, 04:16:02 AM
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FROM PDN NEWSWIRE....
Ilford Releases New Selenium Toner
October 12, 2006
PRESS RELEASE
Taking the high tonal quality of finished prints on ILFORD Photo paper to even higher levels of perfection is ILFORD Photo's versatile new selenium toner - considered by many to be the ultimate tool in achieving unsurpassable results.
Pushing selenium toning to the max
First announced earlier this year, ILFORD HARMAN selenium toner was introduced at Photokina for November 2006 availability, along with a new leaflet, "Selenium Toner Tips" in English, French, German or Spanish.
This high-quality formula has numerous advantages in addition to emphasizing the versatile tonal range of black-and-white prints, and is extremely straightforward to apply.
Regarded as probably the most sophisticated of toners, selenium is subtler than other types, yielding rich blacks via its enhancement of maximum density (Dmax) while changing the overall image tone. Its use on fiber-based silver paper produces prints with delicate browns in the highlights.
ILFORD HARMAN selenium toner is supplied as a ready prepared liquid, so there are no particular toxic concerns. The toner absorbs any olive hue present, and pushes shadows towards a purplish black finish.
Multigrade Warmtone papers are very responsive to selenium toners: using higher dilutions (eg: 1 10, 1 20) gives a slight cooling of the image tone and a shift in hue towards red. Used at lower dilutions (eg: 1 3, 1 5) a purplish brown can be achieved. Colder papers react less rapidly, but they still benefit from the highly effective deepening of the maximum black caused by selenium toning and its expansion of the entire tonal range.
The reaction of selenium on the silver halide (AgX) of the print hardens the adherence of the image to the paper. This improves the chemical stability of the print, as well as its permanence and archival properties while also defining its appearance.
Altogether, ILFORD HARMAN selenium toner provides the finishing touch which turns an excellent black-and-white picture into a photographic masterpiece.
Further details can be found on the ILFORD Photo Web site www.ilfordphoto.com
(if visiting ilford's site, why not stop by the fine art section and say hi to Leon's photos)
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thay've had this in development for some time, and I'm really glad it is now ready for general release. It's great that new traditional products are coming out of lford Harman.
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I love the fact that it comes in prepared liquid form. I hate working with powder chemicals.
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That's great news and good to hear Ilford is doing well :) Now I can use only Ilford film and chemicals, except of course when I use Rodinal!
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Thats great , it not all bad news on the traditional front and i read that Kentmere have two new papers in the pipline. one replacing Art Classic whic i really miss.