Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Someone told me this once, as to it's factualness? If your running your films, C41, through a one hour lab they don't bleach fix as long and therefore the films don't last as long. However if you run your film through a pro lab, they do bleach fix properly and the films last much longer. We are pulling and printing reorders on 20 and 28 yr old color negs. that are just as good as the day they were first run. As these chromogenic films are C41 based I don't see that they would be any different. If this is bad info I stand corrected, please put down the brick bats! Cheers Wilber GFE Dan Cardish wrote: > I have one roll of 120 XP-1 that I took in the mid 80s. Looking at it > recently I was shocked to see how much it faded. It looks as if it were 2 > stops (or more) under exposed, except I know at the time they were exposed > properly, and printed easily. > > Dan C. > > At 08:07 AM 15-02-00 +0000, Mike Johnston wrote: > >The downside of chromogenic films is that your negatives AREN'T > >ARCHIVAL. Over the years I have heard so many horror stories I can't > >even begin to tell you. We receive regular pleas for help at the > >magazine from people whose chromogenic negatives are fading away. I've > >seen examples that are almost gone. Bad fading can occur within 5 years. > >It's true that some people report no problems after 15 years, but > >others--MANY others--report the opposite. Personally, I wouldn't touch > >the stuff with somebody else's ten-foot pole. If you expect or intend to > >keep your negatives, BEWARE. > > > >At the very least, do your own processing, and DO NOT trust a commercial > >lab or a minilab. > > > >--Mike Johnston / Editor > >_PHOTO Techniques_ magazine > >www.phototechmag.com > > > > > > - -- Cheers Wilber GFE tel. 803-469-2440 http://www.jeffcoatphotography.com