Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dan my oldest Kodachrome is date stamped 1959, still looks as good as slides were in those days, other makes are much the same, some have deteriorated more than the others. I expect if you kept a slide in the projector gate for a long time the heat might cause some damage but IMO you'r unlikely to view the same slide for that length of time on a regular basis - perhaps if you were giving slide lectures it might be worth while - but my suggestion would be to keep going out and taking more slides - that way you'll have more to project and each will get less wear ;-)) Regards Clive Sanbrook - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Honemann" <danh@selectsa.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: 30 March 2001 14:25 Subject: [Leica] projecting vs. protecting slides > Someone in photo class last night said that slides will degrade over time if > you project them (due to heat); he only projects dupes. > > Is there any validity to this claim? I only have originals and project them > occasionally (once a month or so), but my oldest slides are still less than > a year old. Should I incur the costs of duping these slides to protect > them? > > What do you do? > > Dan > >