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My tests of this paper suggest a very contrasty product which, when exposed to my usual 'grade 2' lamp settings (Zone VI VC head, both hard and soft lamps at maximum), yields an ES of 0.87, a calculated grade 3. I have to set my lamps at hard-max, soft-A (turned down almost all the way) to get a 1.01 ES curve, or approximately grade 2. When paired with 100 TMAX in DDX 1+6, MATCHER shows an extreme expansion of zones II and III, along with a big shift upward in the mid-zones, compaction of Zones VII, and VIII. Has any one replicated results like these? If credible (and I plan to test at least once again), the gradation characteristics of this pair could add an interesting combination to the materials arsenal!
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