Re: Storing slides

[TimMaf@xxxxxxx]

>Presently, I'm storing my Realist slides in the plastic storage pages
supplied
>by Reel-3d.  I find it a very convenient and compact system, but I'm worried
>whether the plastic will affect the permanence of the images.  I use mostly
>Ektachrome film, btw.

>I read somewhere that, as a rule of thumb, if plastic has a smell, then it's
bad
>for slide storage, and these pages certainly smell!

>Does anyone have any advice or comments?

>Keith, from the sunny UK - at least it was earlier, now it's just cold and
dark!


Keith,

I've wondered about this too. Unfortunately the Reel 3D catalog 
says only that they are vinyl pages. Without knowing the exact 
material it is hard to tell. Maybe the package it comes in tells
you more?

In any case according to the color film preservation bible ("The 
Permanence and Care of Color Photographs" by Henry Wilhelm)
PVC and plasticized PVC should be avoided. Apparently the 
plasticizers stick to the surface of the slide. Heavy gauge (5.0)
polypropylene was judged to be the best.

I just wonder if any thing currently made will be archival 
and convenient.

Tim


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