P3D Kodachrome (or film) longevity

[fj834@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Dr. George A. Themelis)]

>My vote is not to split, because I treasure the diversity on the existing
>list.  Now that may mean tolerating a *brief* digression into partitioning
>hard drives, but OK so long as it is brief.  As I remember the discussion
>of Kodachrome's longevity lasted much longer.  Maybe it just felt like it.

That's an interesting analogy you've made there... The question of
Kodachrome's longevity, is equivalent to partitioning a hard drive... From
my point of view, Kodachrome's (and other film's) longevity is a
fundamental and unresolved question in the minds of those who record stereo
images on film or who own stereo images recorded on film.  Partitioning a
hard drive is a minor technical question in the minds of those who use
computers today.  

Kodachrome brought color to photography and is directly responsible for the
wave of popularity of "modern" stereo.  There are millions of Kodachrome
stereo images recorded in VM reels and taken by the 300,000 or so stereo
cameras produced from the 1940s until today.   As a non-Kodachrome stereo
photographer today, I only have one anxiety:  Are my images going to last
through my lifetime?  Like it or not, this is a fundamental question
affecting many (if not most) stereo photographers and stereo image
collectors today.

Just trying to put things into perspective -- George Themelis




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