Author
|
Topic: Fading Solved? Or so it says ...
|
|
Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
|
posted May 08, 2008 10:32 PM
I'm going to take a look at that John, when I get the chance.
At the local High school, they have thier photography class, and if this is a concoction that can be mixed up at home, (snicker) or in thier lab, then I'd be happy to try it out on one of my beloved films!
Continuing on my post, I just looked at it, (as I'm sure that John Whittle has done ...
John ...
It appears that the film never actually comes into contact with the solution, and that the solution is warmed to the point of vapors, and these vapors permeate said film, and then the film is exposed to sunlight.
My questions are :
I don't see anywhere where it says how long the film is exposed to the vapors, if the film is sealed in with the vapors, (actually I assume the device has some form of ventilation) Is this process done in a darkroom? AND
How long afterwards the film is exposed to sunlight.
I'm not sure, but it appears that perhaps, while it cannot possibly restore the dye layer that has disappeared, (if it has disappeared) it gets rid of the overwhelming 1. dye level 2. browning or pinking.
Gee, I'm almost sounding like I'm actually understanding what is going on!
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
Osi Osgood
Film God
Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005
|
posted May 09, 2008 09:07 AM
Are these chemical agents readily available, (without the FBI coming down on your butt?)?
Hey, I'd volunteer on e of my fading prints, just to find out if the process actually works.
If Kevin is right, (and he'd know better than I), if it would, lets say, do away with the cyan level which no longer exists, it seems like you would end up with what they had in the 1920's the two color technicolor process which, while it didn't do a bad job, lets face it, it taint Technicolor!
-------------------- "All these moments will be lost in time, just like ... tears, in the rain. "
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|