Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Film and traditional prints appear "cheap" [and safe] when one's digital s**t hits the proverbial fan. But film scans do not. Scanned film files still potentially lost in the virtual storage bin; and hundreds (or thousands) of hours of scanning time along with them. (Yes one can always go back to the negatives but at what cost in terms of one's life time?) Simply no easy answers with digitizing, storage and archiving; whether digital capture or film scans. [and again - yes, I understand - the negative will survive a hard drive failure] so do dupe those negatives and store in second location in case of fire or other calamity just as recommended for digital backup ;~) I think the real lesson remains: If we have a fine photograph (digital or film) we best produce some fine prints and disperse them well among family, friends and/or collectors. ;~) Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jul 21, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Bob Adler wrote: > Scanned film is looking cheap now, eh? > ;-)