Yep. Conditions are the big variable for mold I've been reviewing &
scanning 300+ rolls of 25-year old Tri-X & HP5 negs that were well washed,
stored in mostly good quality plastic pages, but also bound in grade-school
loose-leaf binders & subject to lots of variations in humidity &
temperature in the (humid) North East U.S. over their life. No mold in
sight. I'm guessing that there was an unplanned benefit from the open
binders allowed some air circulation. Cold dry winters may also help.
Maybe my teen-age efforts weren't so
bad:
Bob G
At 04:43 PM 5/14/2005, you wrote:
>All films independent of type will get mold if stored under the right
>conditions. It is not the dye versus the silver that attracts it but the
>gelatin base of the emulsions that mold and fungus grow on and eat.
>
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> > My comment is based on the stability of silver versus dye.
> > Is B&W more likely to get mold versus color transparency or negatives?
> >
> > Tony Sleep wrote:
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> > > wrote:
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> > >
> > >
> > >>There is nothing like B&W negatives for longevity.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >You think? I'm scanning negs from 20-30 years ago before
> > it's too late.
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