Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]And will anyone be able to view the proprietary RAW files people are producing in 50 years. Ask yourself whether you still have any means to access material left behind on 5.25" and 3.5" floppies, much less Zip or Jaz drives. -Jim Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 6, 2014, at 15:31, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at > icloud.com> wrote: > > >> On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Doug Herr wrote: >> >> They had to cart all that film around with no opportunity for backups and >> if there's no processing available on the trip there's the risk of the >> images being damaged by heat or accidental exposure. > > I have lost precious films and prints to fires, floods, mildew and mice. > > It's much more difficult to back up negatives and transparencies to 3 > locations > than it is to back up hard drives. > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george at imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com > http://www.imagist.com/blog > http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information