Some of you may have bought from Classic Home Cinema in the UK. Their 16mm films seem to be very slow at moving, and some titles have been on their lists for more than two years. Where the buyer needs to be careful, concerns the buying of colour prints. Unless the film is IB Tech, which is usually not mentioned, the colour may have deteriorated since the film was first described.
I recently bought a copy of Zulu, which did say fade, but it was listed in the first section, which says 'Quality Guaranteed, no Pinking', and not the end section of prints which they say fall below their usual standards: all those I have seen in this section are pink or pinking. I have had Eastman prints that still have a fair amount of colour left, and this was what I expected, but the scans show what I received, plus proof that the film was listed in the section of better prints. I emailed Phil Sheard, but it's not something he wants to discuss or accept responsibility for. Very wisely he doesn't accept payments by Paypal in the UK.
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