zuke Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 I'm a photography newbie. I've heard people talk about colornegatives not lasting forever and fading over time. What I haven'tseen are comments about how much time goes by before this starts tohappen. Anyone care to enlighten me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_haykin Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 I've got color negs from over 30 years that still look good. Much depends on how you store them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly_flanigan1 Posted August 13, 2002 Share Posted August 13, 2002 The oldest Color negatives we have here are from February 1944; they are about 90% gone in color. The image is still there; but the color dyes have little color. <BR><BR>The Kodacolor negatives from the 1960's are only fair; the Kodachrome slides still look great.<BR><BR>The late 1970's color negatives of mine are a mixed bag; some look ok; so are alot gone and appear all washed out; ie little color dyes/color. This is when local processing labs started printing color prints; and their controls must have been spotty. Most my color negatives from the mid 1980's on look good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aoresteen Posted August 16, 2002 Share Posted August 16, 2002 My Dad's color negs from 1958 to 1962 are all faded badly. My 126 color negs from the 70's are better but most show some fading. My 35mm negs from 1982 on all still look good. My 120 VPS negs from 1976 on all still look good. All of my color negs have been stored in PrintFile pages in my homes in Chicago & Atlanta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane_phelan Posted February 28, 2003 Share Posted February 28, 2003 All of the previous examples describe negatives that were made from 20/30/40 year old technology. Surely with the present technology available, the life of negatives has been improved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin_cozine Posted April 21, 2003 Share Posted April 21, 2003 Technology: I thnk the color negative films have improved greatly over the years, and i wonder how much color the older negatives had in them in the first place. -as far as the long-term permanence of the negs, I have no idea how much the film manufacturers even bother with the subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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