Kodak Polycontrast III RC Reviews

Rating
Reviewed by: BK
(Casual)

Review Date
June 3, 2003

Overall Rating
3 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Review 1 of 5

Price Paid: $19.00 from freestylephoto

Summary:

Good paper and great tone

Strengths:

tone is very good

Weaknesses:

too expensive

Similar Products Used:

AGFA Multicontrast Premium(cheaper than Kodak polycontrast)

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Rating
Reviewed by: Thomas Bailey
(Expert)

Review Date
February 18, 2003

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
4 of 5

Used product for
1 to 3 months

Review 2 of 5

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

I think Polycontrast III RC produces good images from Tri-X and T-Max 3200. I have gotten good pictures from color negatives, for which it was not designed to do.

Strengths:

Readily available

Weaknesses:

None

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Rating
Reviewed by: hovi
(Intermediate)

Review Date
February 14, 2003

Overall Rating
5 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Used product for
3 Months to 1 year

Review 3 of 5

Price Paid: $0.00

Summary:

Good paper for beginners. Has a good tone range and is easy to work with. I used this paper a lot and never had any problems with it and it is not that expensive if you ruin a few sheets.

Strengths:

Easy to find Not very expensive Good tone range

Weaknesses:

None that I found

Similar Products Used:

Ilford Forte

Customer Service:

N/A

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Rating
Reviewed by: elmen chen
(Professional)

Review Date
June 8, 2001

Overall Rating
2 of 5

Value Rating
1 of 5

Visitors rate this review
1.00 of 5,
2 votes

Review 4 of 5

Summary:

polimax is too slow and have an unbearable grey fog.
once i enlarged a 30inch with polimax with pink200 filter,the test show me unblieveble 40 mins!!!!finally the lamp was ruined.
before you make a qualified photo, you must waste 5-10 paper for test with it's complicated filter system.
-------------------------------------------------- advice: never use this.

Strengths:

none.

Weaknesses:

almost impossible to control the result with humen ability.

Similar Products Used:

ilford ,agfa, seagull.

Customer Service:

not professional. no reaction and no reply when asked.

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Rating
Reviewed by: Marek Mezyk
(Expert)

Review Date
December 23, 2000

Overall Rating
4 of 5

Value Rating
5 of 5

Review 5 of 5

Summary:

This Paper is pretty cheap. It offers good results and it dson't require any specail developers to get really god prints. Overall, I use this paper for contact sheets and 8x10 previews for a lot of my prints that I go back and print on 11x14 on fiber. Alethough the expousure sensetivity is not as touch on this paper as it is on fiber based, it still gives a very good image quality. Also, this paper is pretty good when you tone it in speia. It responds pretty well.

Strengths:

- Easly Avalaible
- It has pretty good tone range
- It works well with Toners
- Very Consistent
- Easy to master

Weaknesses:

None really. If anything it lacks the punch of tone range of some Fiber Papers BUT for beginners this paper is just great.

Similar Products Used:

Ilford, Kodak B&W Papers

Customer Service:

Good Website for technical info. Other then that I never needed it.

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