Digital BW, The Print

And who would be happy with a Wilhelm stop value of a fade of 30%?  I'd
consider a print to have "faded" well before then.


> From: Bob Frost <bob@...>
> Reply-To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 19:25:14 -0000
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Re: more paper news
> 
> Clayton,
> 
> I don't think you should use the word 'archival' in the same sentence as
> windowsill fading. Archives of prints etc are usually kept in the dark,
> where totally different things are responsible for fading!!
> 
> The whole subject is a mess!
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clayton Jones" <cj@...>
> 
> I think Shilesh's test was very revealing.  Anything that would fade
> on a windowsill in 4 weeks should not be considered archival.