Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My portfolio prints from my Epson Photo are approaching 1 year, with no significant sign of fading so far. Only the print I have had exposed to constant diffused daylight had shown some sign of fading, and it is noticable only in reference to a part of the print that had been covered up. It is very slight. Dan C. At 06:16 AM 30-10-98 +0000, you wrote: >>I maintained that the cost to come close to film requires a vast >>investment. and there is no guarantees that the images will last as long >>and something better will come along to make my investment in digital a >>lost one. What happens to your investment if a hard drive crashes, or you >>have a problem in restoring a backup (If you remember to do this), or if an >>essential file gets corrupted, or scientists discover some as yet unknown >>problem with the current storage media, and on and on and on. My negatives >>going back to the early 1900's are perfect and will be in the next 100 >>years potentially. > >We recently had a "guru" on digital imaging give a talk at a local camera >club meet. Somebody asked him how long each digital image is expected to >last. His frank answer - approximately 6 months! > >Dan K. > >