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Originally Posted by leon
Agreed Glen nothing like a hard copy, and negatives.
Leon
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Leon, a word of caution concerning negatives, despite being stored in plastic sleeves (in binders in a dark closet) I have seen fading in some Kodak 400 black and white negatives from the 1970s. Many of the colour slides I have are still ok after 50 years, but earlier slides are faded due to less robust emulsion I guess.
We have to be realistic about how long any media can be stored. I shot some weddings in the late 1970s on slides, and the customers wanted a print album. The "print from slide" Ilford paper I used, while looking good for first five years, deteriorated after that. Scanning them would have preserved them, and the slides are still fine. So some prints are ok for long term storage, especially early 1900s black and white, but colour prints are not so stable in my experience.