>I've been using Fuji Velvia for a couple of years. Before that, I
>used Kodachrome, but I like the blues and greens of the Fuji film
>better. One thing worries me though...How long can I expect the
>Velvia to look good? I have Kodachrome slides that remain usable
>since I took them in the late 1960s. Echtachrome from that same
>period is junk. Anybody know how long Velvia and similar films are
>expected to last?
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It really boils down to how well the film is processed and with storage. I
have been drilling back through my files lately and comparing
films/deterioration. I've had some Kodachromes do some color shifting and
fading that have been projected in multimedia presentations that the Fujis
have held pretty well. However, the major variations in film stability are
lab based and not film based. How fresh were the chemicals and how good
was the rinse?
Now for the real brutal reality: I went back into my southern appalachians
work and found fading of the Fuji-50 and Fuji-100 films that were stored in
poly sheets that were not archival quality. The Kodachromes are color
shifting but not fading. Slides that made it into my 3-ring binder (show
off book) and stored in archival sheets faded only a slight amount! These
are from the exact same rolls! I have to be careful in determining what
was fade vs overexposure too--as I tended to overexpose during that era.
Now what about Velvia vs Ucktachrome? I am finding that Velvia is the most
stable of all the E6 films I've used. Early Provia has done some fading,
but again, that might be lab based problems. I really like the looks of
ALL my Velvia rolls in comparison to other films. Ektachromes from 86-92
all are pretty disgusting in comparison to the Fujis, but that has little
to do with fading and more to do with the fact that Ektachrome from that
era was disgusting! I personally think that Fuji 50 was the first truely
usable E-6 film and Ektachromes looked faded when they were new.
Ken Norton
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