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xlaburu
5-Feb-2012, 21:56
Hi, I hope someone can help me out with this.

I have several thousands of negatives/slide films archived, from these 20% or a bit less are B/W and I know the different chemical processes to prevent the silver degradation of B/W film, like Selenium, Kodak Gold Protector-2 (don't know if it is discontinued nor it's price though) and the Polisuflide one. This is fine, I still have to experiment with all of these excep the Selenium one, that perhaps is the less recomended for Film.

The case is:

Is there any such conservation chemical process worthie for colour negative and slides? Or the only way to keep these preserved with no major tone/color changes is to have them in a good tempreture, low humidity, little light, and decent air conditions?

Thank you very much!

false_Aesthetic
5-Feb-2012, 22:11
Just scan them and store them properly.

Mark Woods
6-Feb-2012, 11:44
Scanning is not archiving. There is no digital archive. If you're really interested in "archiving" the color negs, store them at 50˚ at 50% humidity. Freezing also works well according to (now bankrupt) Kodak.