[Leica] Re: digital

["Eric" <ericm@pobox.com>]

Feliciano:

>Then there's the example of the
>Lewinski shot, that probaly would have been erased, before it ever got
>backed up. It's already harder to get good footage from the Gulf War
>than from WWII or even WWI, because lot's of it was shot on Hi8 and the
>tapes have begun to flake. Properly stored film will last for hundreds
>of years, until it needs to be backed up.

Good thing that Robert Cappa shot his Omaha Beach images on film so that
future generations wouldn't miss out on any of his shots!  :)

If the Lewinsky shot were properly archived, it would still exist even if it
had been digital.  If the film were tossed into the trash, would you say
that's a reason against film?  Sloppy practices shouldn't count for or
against a specific process.

Properly washing and storing film so that it will last for hundreds of years
isn't a trivial task.  If you properly archive and maintain digital files,
they'll last forever, too.  Won't even lose anything when you make copies of
the original so you can store them in multiple locations.


Eric
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