On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:19:46 -0000, "Fred Anonymous" <anon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>"Gary Edstrom" <GEdstrom@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Thirty years ago, in the early days of my film photography, I purchased
>> a number of these 'Gift Shop' slide sets at various tourist
attractions.
>> They have been stuck away in a box and I have probably never looked at
>> them since the day I bought them. Since I am currently going through a
>> MAJOR house cleaning, I came upon them again.
>>
>> Without exception, EVERY single transparency is faded so far into the
>> magenta that is virtually useless. I tried scanning a few and I
>> couldn't get them to look even remotely decent, so I threw them out.
>>
>> I had both Kodachrome & Ektachrome slides of my own stored in the same
>> box, and they still look perfect.
>>
>> Why did the store-bought slides fade so much?
>>
>> Gary
>
>Hi Gary.
>
>Did you find out the make of film used for the Gift Shop slides?
>
>I heard of two lots of slides from the early 1950s. The lot done on Kodak
>film was fine whereas the lot done on another make of film had faded very
>badly.
>
>Regards, Ian.
No, I threw the slides out without opening them up to see what kind of
film it was. I am still going through other boxes, so I may come upon
more in the future.
Gary
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