Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/28

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Archival Transparency Films? Negative Films?
From: "Jeffery Smith" <jls@runbox.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 18:03:13 -0600

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Jeffery Smith
New Orleans, LA


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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of sam
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 5:13 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] Archival Transparency Films? Negative Films?

Show us the pic.

Sam S



Jeffery Smith wrote:

> I just printed an Ektachrome 400 transparency from 1979 that had been
in
> my hot attic or in hot storage for 25 years. It looks fine. I think
that
> light is probably the worst degrader of the E-6 films. 
> 
> Jeffery Smith
> New Orleans, LA
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Martin
> Krieger
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 3:04 PM
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: [Leica] Archival Transparency Films? Negative Films?
> 
> Does anyone know of the best current information on the archival
> qualities
> of films?
> 
> I know that Kodachrome is longest lasting, in the dark. But what about
> the
> current Ektachromes and Fujichromes. Also, what about the current
> negative
> films? NPS is supposed to be very good. There is now outdated
> information in
> the Wilhelm book, and I have an article from Popular Photography,
1999.
> But
> films have changed, I believe. And by archival, I do mean in a
> university
> library, cool and dark.
> 
> Thanks for any leads,
> 
> Martin
> 
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