Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Archival Transparency Films? Negative Films?
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:25:43 -0600

I just printed an Ektachrome 400 transparency from 1979 that had been in
my hot attic or in hot storage for 25 years. It looks fine. I think that
light is probably the worst degrader of the E-6 films. 

Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA


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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Martin
Krieger
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 3:04 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: [Leica] Archival Transparency Films? Negative Films?

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 There is now outdated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.

Thanks for any leads,

Martin

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