Foma and Ilford Papers - Comparisons While Printing In Darkroom

Rob had to print a set of postcards for an exchange and decided to try a variety of papers in the darkroom. These are classic black and white photographic papers used while shooting film. The postcard exchange is run through APUG.org which is part of Photrio https://www.photrio.com/forum/home/ The papers tested and reviewed include... Ilford Multigrade Resin Coated Glossy Ilford Multigrade Fiberbase Glossy Ilford Multigrade Fiberbase Warmtone Glossy FomaSpeed Variant 311, Multigrade Resin Coated Glossy Foma Fomatone MG Classic, Multigrade Fiberbase Warmtone Glossy Foma Retrobrom SP 152, Fiberbase, Semi-matt Grade 3 Foma Retrobrom SP 151 Fiberbase, Glossy Grade 3 The Foma site is here.... https://www.foma.cz/en/catalogue-fomatone-mg-classic-detail-1076 In Canada, the Foma importer is LightPro Group Inc. www.lightprogroup.com 3206 Wharton Way Mississauga, ON L4X 2C1 Toll Free: 1-800-361-9682 Tel: 905-940-9262 The Ilford site is here.... https://www.ilfordphoto.com/ In Canada, the Ilford importer is Amplis Foto. https://store.amplis.com This video is NOT sponsored. Do you have a question? Ask in the comments section. Rob Skeoch is a career photographer, working for five newspapers and wire services before joining the team at Major League Baseball for 17 seasons and the NFL for 14 seasons. Then he was a national manager for the camera group at Sony North America before going back to shooting. Now he shoots for gallery shows around the world, mostly street work and portraits made with a Rollei twin lens and a couple Hasselblads For 35mm shooting he uses a Nikon F3 and a couple M-mount Leica cameras and shoots mostly Ilford film.