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Subject: [OM] Re: Afghanistan, faded slides
From: Winsor Crosby <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2006 23:44:16 -0700
Used to be my favorite film. Mine have mostly held their color. Not  
all though. They hate heat though. And there is a little bug here  
that likes the emulsion. Dealing with the grain is the biggest probem  
with the scans.



Winsor
Long Beach, California, USA




On Jul 3, 2006, at 10:01 PM, Lawrence Woods wrote:

> I took over 1400 color slides of Iran and Afghanistan, with a
> Pentax Spotmatic until I replaced it with an OM-1 in 1974.  I
> used Agfa CT18 slide film because Ektachrome was more
> difficult to find and much more difficult to get processed.
> Unfortunately, CT18's dyes have not been stable, and the
> slides have suffered fron severe fading and color shift.


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