Tony,
While all films today may not be Estar, they are not acetate from what I
understand - may be Mylar or someother plastic base - but I could be wrong
about that.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
[mailto:owner-filmscanners@halftone.co.uk]On Behalf Of Tony Sleep
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 4:47 AM
To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk
Subject: RE: filmscanners: Film base deterioration (was Digital
Shortcomings)
On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 19:42:21 -0500 laurie (laurie@advancenet.net) wrote:
> Before anyone goes off the deep end on this, it should be remembered
> that
> this does not necessarily hold true for contemporary films but only for
> films from around the 1960s and 70s or before for the most part.
It appears to apply to all films on acetate stock. Very few films (sheet
film aside) use an Estar base even now. AFAIK among 35mm/120, only Kodak
HIR & Tech Pan are Estar. Maybe also P3200/TMZ - can't remember offhand.
> The conclusion that one can draw is that there is no totally permanent
> archival materials that last forever or, in the case of photographic
> images,
> the with certainty will last for centuries no matter what you do.
Yup.
Regards
Tony Sleep
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