Here's a 1978 Ektachorme that has largely resisted fading although it was stored in the dark. I should add that some of the Ektachromes that I shot with my Brownie Starflash in the fifties have faded a lot. This shot was taken for J Walter Thompson, and it was probably my first paid photo assignment that wasn't part of a journalism job. I used my Vivitar 20mm 3.5, which wasn't very sharp, but I probably had it stopped way down in back. That's my undergrad alma mater, Roosevelt University in the background. Brooksie spent some time there as well. It's in Adler and Sullivan's late 19th century Auditorium Hotel building. The building next door -- I think it's called the Fine Arts Building -- is even older. Back then it housed the Studebaker Theater and a coffee shop on the lower level frequented by students and the artsy set. The race car is a jet powered dragster with some nice body work by an aluminum craftsman named Lee Austin.
I suspect Ektachromes formula changed over the years. I think all of mine from the seventies are in good shape. (I know the processing chemicals changed in the mid seventies from E4 to E6.) Gamma Labs on the west end of downtown Chicago processed all of mine. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16963163&size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
