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Todd Novak wrote:
"...My dad and I have a joint slide collection with originals dating
back to 1940. Through buying collections, we have seen many other
brands of film and processing companies that were used. Most of these
had either totally faded or turned color. I was scanning slides of
Chicago Surface Lines and Illinois Terminal (interurban) today. Most of
these were shot from 1940 to 1952. They are all Kodachrome (I believe
asa 10?) originals and look as good as the day they were shot."
Greg writes:
How well the film holds up over time is a good point to consider and
I'm sure Dave or someone else will weigh in and explain how Fuji stacks
up in this regard. One point to consider is that the Kodak of today has
a different chemistry than the the stuff 20 plus years ago. Because of
this you might be misleading yourself if you expect the same resistance
to time on the film you shoot today, as what your father shot years ago.
Perhaps the answer is to scan all your shots to digital files and
archive them in a different format, but even digital files will need to
be refreshed from time to time. To regress back to the B/W issue I make
a point of shooting some of my stuff (especially family stuff) on to b/w
because it'll hold up better than the color prints.
Greg Anderson
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