Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]- --On Thursday, March 14, 2002 02:50:25 PM -0800 Doug Herr <telyt@earthlink.net> wrote: > On Thu, 14 March 2002, Rolfe Tessem wrote: > >> >> So, with the choice of incredibly sharp and fine-grained film (e.g. Fuji >> Reala), the ability to deal with mixed lighting sources, the ability to >> handle scenes with a wider range than 3-4 stops, the ease with which the >> scanner handles shadow detail, the universal availability of inexpensive >> processing, and the ability to output easily in any format I choose, the >> choice is a no-brainer. >> >> It's color negative all the way. >> >> As always, YMMV and I look forward to hearing dissenting views. > > How will the current crop of color negative films look after 50 years' > storage? I don't know -- ask me in 50 years? :-) We do know that the archival properties of the newer films, both negative and reversal, are better than the older ones. I have no idea where the information is quantified though. I process my own C41 in a Jobo ATL-1000, and I do a couple of things that are supposed to make the archival properties better. First, I finish with a stabilizer bath which many minilabs omit. Second, the film is dried in a film dryer with forced hot air. According to Jobo/Tetenal, "cooking" the stabilizer into the film like this helps achieve maximum archival stability. - -- Rolfe Tessem rolfe@ldp.com Lucky Duck Productions, Inc. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html