Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>Ugh! I tell you something else they (Kodak) do: They put Selenium Toner in >a bottle that looks identical to (but is fractionally taller than) the >Photo-Flo bottle. Limited cupboard space leads to the two shuffling >together, followed by a scream that froze the water in the mains pipes as I >discovered one time what I'd just poured over my newly developed negs. >They now have colour coded tape smothered over the caps. Martin, I don't selenium tone my negatives but it is considered a very prudent step for ensuring image permanence. This is no joke. There was an interesting thread in rec.photo.darkroom a while back regarding the acetate base of all 35mm film (except maybe TP and a few other oddities) which is apparently the first thing to go, on the order of 50yrs or so, depending on storage conditions, etc. Our negatives are not as permanent as we think. Byron.