P3D Re: Archival

[Rob <lilindn@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I have been concerned lately about archival slides.
> 
> I was told that Sensia is not archival and will start fading in 5 to
> 10 years.  Is this true?  If so, is Kodachrome the only archival slide
> film?  Are there any e-6 proccessed films that are archival?
> 
> Yikes, I gotta know!

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     First, I don't now how someone can surmise that Sensia slides will
start to fade in 5 years when there are not as of yet any 5-year old
Sensia slides (the line of films was introduced in 1994). 
     I suspect Fuji would tell you Sensia slides will last about 50
years if stored in mild darkness, but that would no be an unbiased
position.
     I have E-6 (Ektachrome 64) slides that still look great after 20
years, which was not true of some earlier substantive chromes such as
Anscochrome, Agfachrome, earlier Ektachromes and (possibly the worst)
Ferraniachrome (aka Dynachrome 64 and Sears Color Slide 64)
     I would still put Kodachrome in first place for archivability, but
I'm less worried about my Sensias fading than I am about my children
throwing them out when I'm gone.
     Rob
     "Evereything I have is Y1.96K compliant"


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