Re: Pink slides

Rudolf Gschwind (mailto:Mgschwind@FOTO.CHEMIE.UNIBAS.CH)
Sat, 25 Jan 1997 09:48:01 +0100 

Message-Id: <199701250856.CAA09451@library.wustl.edu>
Date:         Sat, 25 Jan 1997 09:48:01 +0100
From: Rudolf Gschwind <mailto:Mgschwind@FOTO.CHEMIE.UNIBAS.CH>
Subject:      Re: Pink slides
To: mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU


Paul Hillier wrote:
>We have been given some slides for inclusion in our slide collection and

>they appear to have a pink colour cast. We don't know the age of the slides

>or how they have been stored.

>Is this the start of the breakdown of the slides and is it worth will

>keeping them?



This is certainly true. If you want to know more about fading of color
photographs and methods on digital reconstruction, see:


http://www.foto.unibas.ch


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