Prestige Variable CB from Bergger is a warmtone chlorobromide fiber based paper with a glossy surface finish, and is designed for traditional black and white printing and enlarging. Featuring a baryta-coated double-weight, 280 gsm white base, this polycontrast paper uses both green and blue chromatic sensitizers to deliver six full grades of contrast along with a high Dmax and rich, warm black tones.
This item is one roll of 50" x 32.8' glossy paper.
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This is a truly beautiful paper. Lovely chocolate black on a pure white substrate. The degree of brown black is easily manipulated by the developer. It has become my default paper for everything, except those times when I need a cold black.
Papers come and, unfortunately, papers go, but I hope the Bergger Prestige Variable CB Warmtone is to stay a long time. It's my favorite, and better than my great, late favorite. I especially love the subtle tonal gradations in the denser, high-end values of the negative. With 1 to 15 selenium toning the blacks are also solid. I use the paper for both contact printing 8x10 negatives as well as projection printing 120 film negatives. With my Moersch ECO 4812 print developer, the warmth is very subtle. Highly recommended.