[pure-silver] Re: silver in b&w films

 
In a message dated 5/31/2008 12:43:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
dana.myers@xxxxxxxxx writes:

Let's  take this one part at a time.  First of all,
conventional B&W film  - the stuff you process in B&W
developer - still forms the image from  silver like it
always did.  Silver content varies between films,  and
T-grain films are reputed to have less total silver
content, but the  film is generally as archival as
ever (note that archival qualities for  B&W film are
dominated by how the film is processed and  stored).

Now, *prints* are potentially a different  story.

Conventional B&W papers - the kind you develop in
B&W  paper developer - still forms the image from
silver like it always  did.  Again, conventional
B&W papers are just as archival as ever  (again,
dominated by how the print is processed and stored).

It's  also true that many labs don't make prints on
B&W paper; they make  monochrome prints on color paper.
Color paper forms the image from dyes,  with varying archival
quality.

The archival qualities of the paper  and film are completely
independent.

As far as I know, dropping the  word "Pan" from
film names had nothing to do with removal of
silver or  reduced archival qualities of film.

Sounds to me like this "expert" is  mistaken.

Dana


 
 
   Dana's replies as stated above, are quite correct and accurate.
 
 
 
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