Re: [Leica] Chromogenic nightmares

[chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)]

Which makes me wonder what a lot of newspapers are doing by switching their
photo departments to that horrible snapshot stuff (my shorthand for
practically any C-41 product). Granted, it's the fastest non-digital route
to putting color on the front page (when they manage to print the color in
register, anyway), but unless they're careful to put the negs in very cold
storage, the visual record of a community is going to fade away.

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Johnston" <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 12:07 AM
Subject: [Leica] Chromogenic nightmares


> The downside of chromogenic films is that your negatives AREN'T
> ARCHIVAL. Over the years I have heard so many horror stories I can't
> even begin to tell you. We receive regular pleas for help at the
> magazine from people whose chromogenic negatives are fading away. I've
> seen examples that are almost gone. Bad fading can occur within 5 years.
> It's true that some people report no problems after 15 years, but
> others--MANY others--report the opposite. Personally, I wouldn't touch
> the stuff with somebody else's ten-foot pole. If you expect or intend to
> keep your negatives, BEWARE.
>
> At the very least, do your own processing, and DO NOT trust a commercial
> lab or a minilab.
>
> --Mike Johnston / Editor
> _PHOTO Techniques_ magazine
> www.phototechmag.com
>
>