Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don Dory wrote: > Now, negatives (color) are a different issue. The dyes in negatives will > not > last a half century unless you store them in the proverbial cool, dry, > dark, > space. Don, I'm under the impression black and white negatives, in my case HP5 Plus, will last considerably longer than color negatives. Is that so, as far as you know? Is there anything known about the longevity of B&W negatives? I know that glass plate negatives taken in the 19th century here in Natchez have survived fine, even left out on a back porch with rain from thunderstorms sometimes blowing on them. I don't know about the B&W negatives on celluloid, but tend to think they would probably last the same as the glass plate negatives. Lee England Natchez, Mississippi