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While I expected some dust to have accumulated on my old negs, I was surprised to find that some were showing quite noticeable signs of decay after only 40 years (in some cases only 25 years). The damage also seems to be quite random at first...
All the film that I processed myself by hand is in perfect condition for the most part, while films i sent off are the ones exhibiting the worst damage.
Damage is also randomly occurring on the individual films - one strip on a neg sheet might be fine while the one below it shows really quite bad damage...
This is one which displays all of the damage I'm noticing... what looks like crackelure from heat or cold damage as well as 'spider trails' of what looks like fungal spore damage - each with a distinct 'centre'.
If it is fungal infestation, should I bin all of the affected negs to prevent it spreading?
I've already ordered new neg sheets and replacement folders for the cardboard/leatherette ones and have sanitised the plastic folders with alcohol...
The photo was taken in 1983, at the artist's request at the obvious comedy spelling mistake... Luckily it was just a mock-up. In pre-computer days, we did all this sort of thing by hand.
All the film that I processed myself by hand is in perfect condition for the most part, while films i sent off are the ones exhibiting the worst damage.
Damage is also randomly occurring on the individual films - one strip on a neg sheet might be fine while the one below it shows really quite bad damage...
This is one which displays all of the damage I'm noticing... what looks like crackelure from heat or cold damage as well as 'spider trails' of what looks like fungal spore damage - each with a distinct 'centre'.
If it is fungal infestation, should I bin all of the affected negs to prevent it spreading?
I've already ordered new neg sheets and replacement folders for the cardboard/leatherette ones and have sanitised the plastic folders with alcohol...
The photo was taken in 1983, at the artist's request at the obvious comedy spelling mistake... Luckily it was just a mock-up. In pre-computer days, we did all this sort of thing by hand.