Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/03/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:49 AM 3/31/01 -0500, you wrote: >Tina....how do you staore your slides? I find that my slides, when stored >in standard 20 slide plastic "archival brand" slide sheets deteriorate over >time (things appear to grow in the emulsion). I can't see how I can cut >up valuable negatives store them the same way. > >dan c. Dan - Are you storing them at cool temperatures with low humidity? I have a whole-house dehumidifier (necessary in South Carolina!) and a separate one in the room with the 11 lateral filing cabinets containing all of my slide sheets. I've only been storing negatives this way for about 5 years and they seem fine. The Kodachromes and E6 transparencies that I have stored this way for 20+ years are also in good shape - no fungus at all. They are all in archival slide pages from Light Impressions. Once, when I was in Honduras for a month, I came back to find that my husband, in a cost-saving mood, had turned off the air-conditioning. I returned - hot, dirty, and tired - to find that the temperature in my office was over 98 degrees. I could have killed him. He hasn't done that again and the few days at high heat didn't seem to hurt the film. It is just as important to store it in a dry, cool place after the film is developed as before. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com