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Asdcarl.266 net.rec.photo utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!sdcarl!rusty Mon Mar 29 15:01:48 1982 Re: answers to film questions, etc. The figures for fading for Ektachrome and Kodachrome make it look like the best bet for lasting for a long time. But do those figures assume that the slides are never exposed to light or looked at with a slide projector? It is my understanding that looking at slides with a slide projector decreases their life-span. I don't remember by how much but I seem to remember that the author of the article I read didn't think much of viewing slides with a slide projector because most slide projectors have a pretty intense light and also heat up the slide.

If you use a slide projector to look at your slides you may want to dupe those slides that you want to last a while.

While we're talking about slides, the Kodak Carousel slide projectors seem to be the best for your normal slide viewing. I think they have a good history for not jamming and reliability. The Bell and Howell (sp?) model with the cubes tend to jam up a lot. And if you're worried about the space taken up by the Carousel trays Kodak makes a cube widget for the Carousel slide projectors which is convenient to use.

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