Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/04

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Agfacolour fading
From: TM <spaniel@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 04 Sep 1998 06:54:57 -0700

Two days ago my father told me he is deeply disturbed because he had just
discovered that all the Ektachrome slides he has from Europe vacations in the 50s
and 60s have deteriorated as to color changes and so on, whereas his Kodachrome
slides are still perfect.

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>         I'd like to confirm that my 1960s, 1970s Kodachrome slides
>         are the ones that have kept best, far better than other film
>         types: it's an immediate thing, and the color quality was better
>         to start with. [ That's why i'm so wary of switching to Fuji
>         or going for Ektachrome (which i like  a lot when "fresh").
>