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Just in case you have no time to read on, the short answer: "There is none - it depends on what you like". But just in case you're curious to know why we're even asking, what led to it and why we knew the answer before we started, please do read on.

Why Ask?
Some time back, Ilford USA invited us to evaluate and review some new photographic papers they were bringing to market. We said OK, and the usual rules of the game apply: we look, we analyze and we call the shots as we see them. Five recent offerings from Ilford are on the table:Gold Mono Silk (GMS),Gold Cotton Smooth (GCS),Gold Cotton Textured (GCT), (now you know what's all about the "Gold"),Prestige Fine Art Smooth (FAS)andPrestige Fine Art Textured (FAT). Of course, lurking in the background – the one we reviewed quite some time back – GoldFibre Silk (GFS), which to this day remains a benchmark. You may read Ilford's technical specifications and descriptions for all of these papers by ...

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Mark Segal
Mark Segal
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Mark has been making photographs for the past six decades and started adopting a digital workflow in 1999 first with scanning film, then going fully digital in 2004. He has worked with a considerable range of software, equipment and techniques over the years, accumulated substantial experience as an author, educator and communicator in several fields and is a frequent contributor to the Luminous-Landscape website. Mark developed a particular interest in film scanning and authored the ebook “Scanning Workflows with SilverFast 8, SilverFast HDR, Adobe Photoshop Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop” available on the SilverFast website. In his “other life” (the one that pays for the photography), Mark is a retiree from the World Bank Group and now a consultant in electric power development.
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