It’s back! HARMAN DIRECT POSITIVE FB paper is back in full production after over a year of being absent from ILFORD PHOTOs product line, it is expected to be available in the US in August.

“We have had many enquiries from all over the world asking when and if users would be able to buy the product, so we are now delighted that after the uncertainty of the last 12 months we have finally found a route to bring this product back,” Steven Brierley, Director of Sales and Marketing at ILFORD PHOTO/HARMAN technology, said.

According to the ILFORD PHOTO press room, the emulsion for the paper was developed in Switzerland and then adapted to a fiber base version and added to ILFORD PHOTOs product line. When the developing company ceased trade in 2013, it caused interruptions to supplies.

What is HARMAN DIRECT POSITIVE PAPER? There is a variety of available sizes in sheets and rolls and according to the ILFORD PHOTO press room, it “is a high quality, traditional silver gelatin black and white, high contrast paper, on a 255g/m2 fiber base with a Glossy surface. It is primarily suited for use in pinhole cameras where exposure and processing in conventional black and white photochemistry achieves a unique positive print – without the need for a film negative or inter-negative.

“The paper can also be successfully used in other applications such as direct exposure in large format cameras or by cutting small sheets for exposure in LOMO type cameras.” This FACT SHEET is also available for a more technical look at the paper, as well as some sample images.

Without the need to think about negatives, think about the positives, HARMAN DIRECT POSITIVE FB paper.