Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Martin Krieger [krieger@usc.edu] quoth: *>Does anyone know of the best current information on the archival qualities *>of films? *> *>I know that Kodachrome is longest lasting, in the dark. But what about the *>current Ektachromes and Fujichromes. Also, what about the current negative *>films? NPS is supposed to be very good. There is now outdated information in *>the Wilhelm book, and I have an article from Popular Photography, 1999. But *>films have changed, I believe. And by archival, I do mean in a university *>library, cool and dark. Well, I don't know if it's the best, but I read the "The Permanence and Care of Color Photographs: Traditional and Digital Color Prints, Color Negatives, Slides, and Motion Pictures" at http://www.wilhelm-research.com/ The pdf is pretty huge, around 75mb, but it goes into great detail on just what you're looking for. e. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html