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papers that can be used for the making of enlargements by artificial
light, as their speed is such that the exposure is never unduly long.
For contact printing they are equally suitable, and the only draw-
back to their use—if indeed it is a drawback—is that they must
be handled in a photographic dark-room.

The WELLINGTON BROMIDE Papers are manufactured
in a wide variety of surfaces, particulars of which will be found on
pages 40 and 41, and in two tints, White and Cream. The colour
normally obtained in development is a pure black, but by after
toning, as explained on pages 55 to 59, very beautiful sepia tones
can be secured. For this purpose the Cream papers are best,
although both White and Cream can be used with success.

For printing on Bromide paper by contact a normal negative
is the most suitable. The shadows should not be unduly trans-
parent, nor should the high-lights be over-dense.
WELLINGTON S.C.P. (Slow Contact Paper) differs from
bromide paper in being from thirty to sixty times slower. The
speed has been so adjusted as to allow of the paper being exposed
at a few inches from an ordinary gas-jet or electric bulb, and de-
veloped in the same room at a distance of a few feet from the light,
or in the shadow of a screen so placed as to intercept its direct
rays. No dark-room is necessary with S.C.P. It is therefore
a most convenient paper for the amateur, who will often find a
warm sitting-room more pleasant than a cold dark-room in which
to make his prints.

A list of the different grades of S.C.P. will be found on page
62. It will be noted that there are two distinct kinds, Vigorous
and Soft. Vigorous S.C.P. is the slower and is intended for use
with very thin negatives. With this grade it is possible to make
excellent prints from negatives which would be almost unprintable
on any other paper. Soft S.C.P. is twice the speed of the Vigorous
grades and is intended for use with " normal " or vigorous negatives.
The normal colour of an S.C.P. print is a fine cool block.
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