Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm not worrying about handing down images - any more than most people were worrying about the archival nature of photo materials before digital came along.;-) I figure that the prints I'm producing now have at least a 20-year lifespan, which puts them well ahead of a good deal of color material. And as to scanned and digital images, I figure that as long as I or my heirs don't fall asleep at the switch, the stuff can be converted, and reconverted, to what ever the next storage medium is, and the storage medium after that. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of weakley.hollow@gte.net Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 4:10 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] OT, B.D. I got it. D100 b.d., you've said nothing that i don't agree with. but... what's your approach to ensuring that your images are long lived, for future generations of colens? i'm strictly talking about those you believe they will care to have passed down. i only deal with film, but being 52, i may have to change over before i kick the bucket. i'm about to start copying critical family photos, and documents, dating back to the civil war, onto new film. it wouldn't be the first fool's errand i'd done. many of our treasured family photos are nothing more than artless snapshots; they get more valuable if you keep 'em long enough. cheers, glm At 3:25 PM -0400 7/3/02, you wrote: >sounds like someone in 1920 proudly >announcing that he dumped that damn Ford and went back to his faithful >steed. Whether or not the image quality you are now getting from the Rolleis >is superior, I'd be willing to make a small wager that within three to five >years, if not sooner, virtually all your clients will demand digital - >whether or not you are a third generation Rollei user. <&c> - -- - -------------------- gary misch cdr, usn (ret.) "freedom is not free" - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html