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From: wjh@bonnie.UUCP (Bill Hery)
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response (Slide Lifetime)
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Date: Mon, 6-Jan-86 16:10:58 EST
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> More important than color balance, in some cases, is image life of the
> film.  I seem to remember that Fuji/Ekta process chromes are mostly 10 yr
> films (before SEVERE image fading occurs), Agfachrome ~= 4 years, and
> Kodachrome ~= 100 years (all archived properly).  Comments anyone?

I used to use Agfa in the late 60's to the mid '70s, and I haven't noticed
any deterioration in my old slides.  I haven't gone back to specifially look
for it, but I think I would have noticed anything major (as I have often
seen on older Kodacolor prints from some processing labs).

BTW, I used to use the Agfa because it had more acurate blacks and
reds than the Kodachrome 64 of that era.  When Honeywell bought out
Agfa's US operations, the qulity of the processing went way down and
I switched back to Big Yellow.  I haven't tried Agfa again.  Does anone
kwno if Honeywell/Agfa got their act together again?  I still don't
like K-64 red (with Kodak processing).