I wouldn't call it new, the packages I've used were old stock. The cost here was close the the ilford and kodak.It is fairly easy to use, but if you want cheap and easy to use I would go Agfa.
It has a look that is different than the kodak, ilford, or Agfa products that I've used. It is fairly fast, much faster than Kodak polycontrast, takes Marshall hand coloring oils really well unless you like intense color then it just sits on the surface. The blacks and whites aren't as black and white as the Agfa RC glossy but are more inline with Kodak polycontrast N or the ilford multigrade. It looks really good partnered with color negs, great for portraits a slightly soft grain look.
Be carefull when first imersing in the developer tray, the whole sheet needs to covered in developer as close to the same time as possible or uneven devolping stains will result, I have never seen another paper do this, but this is only an issue with larger sheets.
I like this paper and use it only when I want the look it provides, as I only have a little left and don't know where to find more.
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