Re: Seattle Film Works

[TimMaf@xxxxxxx]

>One of the members of our camera club says that the film 
>detereorates quickly. but I take this opinion with a grain 
>of salt as he is a dyed in the wool Kodachrome user. (an 
>incredibly loyal group of people... if only processing were 
>easier and faster.) Does anyone else know anything of 
>this?

   Even though I am a Kodachrome user much of my information
comes from a former SFW employee. 

Motion Picture stocks are notorious for fading. Current 
films last about 30 years under ideal conditions (about 
20 years ago films would last as little as 6 years). 
The print stocks on which the slides are made last
about the same. Current Neg films for still cameras
last about twice as long under ideal conditions. E-6 
films can last about 150 years and Kodachromes can last 
about 200 years.

Also consider that Kodak does not approve of using its'
motion picture stocks in this way. So, they won't sell
directly to SFW and Dale.

For what it is worth I've never been very happy with the
slides from SFW. Given how the slides are made I doubt
an individual slide could receive the proper color
correction. 

Tim Maffia 
(If you've read the note you should be able to guess
where I'm from)


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