[pure-silver] silver in b&w films

Hello,

At our Thursday night film group, a man came from the close-by camera
club which is mostly digital shooters.  He came to talk to the
newbies about elements of a good pic; composition, lighting,
exposure, etc.  When he was asked about archivalness (is that a
word??) of his prints he said that b&w prints from today's films are
not really archival. He said that eventually, in light, b&w film prints will also fade. 

He said today's b&w films don't really have silver in them.  It
seems I've heard that about the t-grain films (is that what you call
TMax?) or that maybe the silver is reduced.  Is that so across the
board with the new b&w films?

He said when "pan" was removed from the
names, at that time the silver was either removed or reduced.

Is this so?  Thanks.

Janet.

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