Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 1/31/08, Walt Johnson <walt@waltjohnson.com> wrote: > > I can see it now....Uh, what kinda rock do you use? A special flint imported from a quarry just outside of Wetzlar, Germany. ;-0 Christopher Williams wrote: > > Did anyone catch "Life After People" on the History Channel? > > > > Negatives will return to gelatin in 200 years, and paper will be eaten > > by bacteria. No one will be around to look at a digital file and there > > will be no electricity so either way just enjoy the shite now! That or > > start doing what our ancestors did and carve your photos in rock, we > > know that last thousands of years! > > > > Chris > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner"Subject: Re: [Leica] > > On Both Sides > > > > > >> >From the first moment your print or neg or slide dries after > >> processing it > >> is deteriorating. Its never the same. And always worse than it was > >> the last > >> time your printed it. Or looked at it. > >> But if its black and white film stored well it maybe highly > >> incremental but > >> still.... Its there. Its oxidizing or otherwise turning to dust just > >> like we > >> all are. > >> How fresh was that fix? > >> How cold was that wash: > >> Worry. Lots of variables. Lots of things to worry about. > >> > >> Digital information though does not in any way no matter how much > >> enlarger > >> light you try to shoot through it deteriorate. > >> It prints just as well in the year 2525 as it did in 2001. > >> > >> Where will YOUR NEGS BE in the year 2525? And what condition will > >> they be > >> in? > >> Do I have nostalgia for things which are fading? Sure- But I have more > >> feelings for the imagery I'm creating now which is here to stay. > >> Stuck in > >> time. More serious. > >> Makes me try harder. > >> Seems like less baloney. > >> And I have it right here. Its not in a storage bin in Portland OR. > >> > >> Digital is very enabling. > >> > >> Mark William Rabiner > >> markrabiner.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA