Duncan,
Mine are the single tier boxes. The plastic inlay would probably be
considered flimsy out of the box, but while they are in the box they are
fine. I am sure that if you pulled the trays out a lot (I never do) or
'manhandle' them you might have problems. Of course when you are
handling slides you should be careful anyway. I would find it hard to
imagine a circumstance where you would damage the trays in normal use.
Some of my boxes date from the late 50s or early 60s (they were my
dad's) and they are still fine.
The dividers are molded into the plastic tray and will hold (I think) 20
slides in standard mounts. The dividers are not adjustable. I think that
Logan also makes some boxes that have slots that will hold just one or
two slides. I have one box like that from another company, they don't
store a lot of slides, and are difficult to deal with. I think those
boxes were originally intended for holding glass mounted slides.
As far as storage space, the Logan boxes are tough to beat, you can get
a lot of slides into a very small space. If the storage environment is
good they do a fine job of protecting the slides. I have no idea if the
plastic is archival, but out of all of my slides I have not experienced
many problems, and it is more related to film type than how the slides
were stored.
Jim Couch
Duncan Paterson wrote:
> Hi Jim,
>
> That's one of the aspects of the Logan boxes I was unsure of. I had read in
> some reviews that the plastic inlays were flimsy. Is this true? Do they also
> come with dividers to separate series of slides? Do you have the 1-tier or
> the 2-tier boxes?
>
> My total slide count isn't up to 10 000 yet - probably more like 3000-4000 -
> but I'm still shooting slides albeit at a reduced rate these days. However
> I'd like the storage system I choose to be expandable, if need be, without
> taking up too much space. I'm guessing 5 or 6 of the Logan boxes would
> probably be all I'd need and at the current price that wouldn't be too
> expensive. At my current rate I'll probably be shooting almost exclusively
> digital by the time I reach 10 000 slides.
>
> Regards
>
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Jim Couch <zuikoholic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thu, 19 November, 2009 2:04:38
> Subject: Re: [OM] Archival slide storage
>
> Duncan,
>
> I have used the Logan boxes for year, but I am not thinking that they
> are truly archival, I don't really trust the plastic tray that holds the
> slides, they would also be fairly pricey for the amount of slides you
> are talking about. They are not particularly dust tight either, but not bad.
>
> The second solution looks to be more archival, and probably more
> affordable, but a bit more difficult to get into.
>
> I have fewer slides than you, and am in the process of moving them into
> archival pages. I rarely view mine via projector anymore, and it is far
> easier to find an individual slide (which I am more likely to do) when
> they are in pages. Part of the process is to edit and toss the bad
> slides as I am going through them.
>
> Jim Couch
>
>
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