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Having spent many years professionally processing E-6 I can tell you that the permanence of your image is determined greatly by how well your film is processed.So many labs are so concerned about the immediate quality of your processed film that they somtimes take shortcuts in the processing of the film, that will most likely lead to premature degradation of the image long term. For instance the final wash step is very critical to long term stability. Some processors cut this step a little short. Proper wash volume rate as well. The last step "stablizer" is even more important. Too many labs overuse and or use this chemical beyond its time severly reducing its effectiveness. The stabilizer simply speaking stabilizes any residule dye couplers in the film not accomplishing this pretty much destroys what ever hopes you had about long term image stability. It really does'nt make much sense to frett over which film offers the best long term image stability but which Lab takes the necassary time and effort to help bring about long term image stability.Good luck in finding such a lab.

Anyone out there with experience using the Wista 8X10 field cameras ?I'm interested in buying this camera but would greatly appreciate any comments concerning this cameras operational stability as well as its functionality. Please compare it to other equipment such as the Deardorff.(of which I'm familiar).