Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]With slide film, I'd rather be safe than sorry. Not sure how valid these claims are. > There was a lot of talk in the 1970's that the Ektachrome was more stable > than earlier versions. I used Ektachrome 50 almost exclusively then for > scientific photography (macrophototgraphy and photomicrography), and the > slides still look pretty good. The base of Kodachrome left a > yellowish/greenish tint. Needless to say, the Kodachromes I took are still > archivally yellowish/greenish. :-) > > Jeffery > > > At 03:06 AM 6/19/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >Well, not all film is archival- far from it, in fact. > > > >Back iin the 50's my father took many, many, pictures on colour slide > >film, He used Agfacolour, Ektachrome, Kodachrome, Orwocolor, > >and a couple of other makes that not longer exist. These were carefully > >stored in metal slide boxes and projected only occasionally. > >The camera was a Contax IIIa (its metal shutter was better suited to > >tropical conditions that the Leica's), not that it matters. > > > >I am sure that members of this list will not be surprised to learn that > >virtuallly alll have faded, except for the Kodachromes. It > >is for this reason that I have never used any E-6 emulsions; the > >short-term advantages are simply not worth the loss of images in > >the long term. List members singing the praises of Fuji or Kodak E-6 > >emulsions need to be aware of this fact. > > SNIP - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html