A question of volume.....

[Photo Engineer]

I have stored slide and negative films for nearly 50 years at ambient conditions. Both the Fuji and Kodak products seem to have fared equally well except for E1 and E2 (the first) Ektachrome films.

I'm not aware that Kodak recommends cool storage for any processed film except for motion picture masters. At least, we never did when I worked on image stability there. So, Heinz, could you please give us a reference to that?

Thanks.

BTW, this reference: http://www.kodak.com/global/en/consumer/products/techInfo/e30/e30.pdf
says nothing about storing processed materials under refrigeration.

PE

 

[Heinz_Anderle]

I'm not aware that Kodak recommends cool storage for any processed film except for motion picture masters. At least, we never did when I worked on image stability there. So, Heinz, could you please give us a reference to that?

Thanks.

It's the E-4025 datasheet for the Ektachrome E100G/GX films, dated september 2005.

In times of energy conservation, refrigerated storage of non-perishable items appears as a luxury.

 

[Photo Engineer]

The Kodak web site responds with publication E-4024 on G/GX films but no publication E-4025.

Please see my thread on image stability started in another thread in this forum.

This may help you understand the situation more clearly.

PE