John Edwin Mason wrote:
>
> As for archivability... Is it any different from
> color print film?
>
This is exactly the question that was asked by someone (I want to say it
was Albano, but I'm not sure) on this forum some time ago.
You would think it would be the case that since it's basically just
color film that shows gray tones that it would last as long as regular
color film, or maybe even longer since it might have less 'stuff' in it
to break down. Mike Johnston (former editor of darkroom techniques) was
on the list at that time and said he thought it wasn't the case - he's
seen XP-1 negs shot in the 80's that have shifted.
I also talked to my lab people about it, and they've seen shifted negs.
Maybe these were isolated cases - could be they were processed in
mini-labs with old fix, or stored improperly. Could be a lot of things,
but until someone shows me some evidence that me these negs will last
least 50 years, I won't trust chromogenics.
I agree that these films can have a nice appearance, and work great in
some situations.
tv
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