Re: Agfa Portriga Returns?

[Russell J Rosener <rrosener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 17 Apr 1997 eml@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> 
> I wonder whether they are really doing that or just restarting the 
> production of ORWO's warmtoned paper? (Agfa plant in the old DDR)
> The plant producing Portriga, located in France, supposedly decided
> to stop making all photo papers. at least so I heard.  This supposedly
> precipitated the cancellation of Portriga.  
> 
> Whatever, if Agfa is actually going to again produce "REAL" Portriga,
> of the pre-1986 period, all I can say is Bravo!
> 
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It's strange, I heard they stopped making old Portriga because of the
cadmium salts. Supposedly these violated Euro-environmental laws passed
around 1987. No one seems to know. I think the ORWO plant in east germany
stopped making their Portriga too. It is sold in the U.S. by "Freestyle"
as Warm-tone paper from Europe. I bought some last year and its selenium
response sucked as bad as new Portriga.

Getting a straight answer from AGFA is worse than getting one from Kodak,
so until one of us buys some and tests we'll probably never know for sure.

Russ Rosener



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