Optical Restoration of Faded 35mm Color Negative
Since 1950, color negative film has become the standard on which millions of motion picture and television shows have been photographed. Since the early 1970s, it has become apparent that the color negative film stock on which these images were recorded was not entirely stable and was fading with time. Digital technology is beginning to offer solutions for saving these records but will continue to be unavailable for most of them due to cost. Optical (photochemical) restoration offers a cost-effective alternative to preserving many film records that might be lost by the time digital technology is affordable.
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 1997-05
- Content type
- Information
- DOI
- 10.5594/J15765