Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/03

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Subject: [Leica] If You Really Want Your Pictures to Last...
From: daniel.ridings at muspro.uio.no (Daniel Ridings)
Date: Mon May 3 00:17:12 2004
References: <000201c43076$cf237c60$6401a8c0@CCA4A5EF37E11E>

We could take masterpieces that get published time and time ago for eons
after eons.

That should do the trick :)

Daniel

On Sun, 2 May 2004, B. D. Colen wrote:

> It's a good idea if you want to preserve three images a year, or if
> you're a photo agency and have the time and man power to do this kind of
> thing...but for the rest of us...
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> animal
> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 1:52 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] If You Really Want Your Pictures to Last...
>
>
> |
> | > nothing will last forever even if properly stored. and most things
> will deteriorate because they won't be properly stored. and the
> technology for accessing "whatever" will become harder and harder to
> save and migrate - especially if you haven't kept up with the migration
> in a steady way.
> |
> | This is all true.
> | But with paper/film/papyrus/parchment, the medium *is* the image. A
> copy reduces the quality.
> | With digital, the medium *stores* the image. A copy does not reduce
> the quality.
> | Bits are forever, because a 0 will always be a 0 and a 1 will always
> be a 1.
> | Sure, the disk on which you are storing the bits might need to be
> changed out. But a faded 1 will never be a 0.83 or 0.61, it will be a 1.
> |
> | I think that if I wanted to preserve an image for a thousand years, I
> would digitize it into an uncompressed TIFF file at 16 bits/pixel, add
> 20% Huffman-code redundancy, image the digitization into a sort of
> fine-grained barcode, and then print the barcode out on museum-grade
> doubleweight glossy photo paper, developed and fixed according to
> best-practice archival standards, then seal that paper into an airtight
> metal box.
> | _______________________________________________
> |
> Now thats a good idea.
> Have you seen any news in the USA lately about the mechanical nanoscaled
> cantilever memory projects? Like IBM is running and Phillips? best
> regards simon jessurun
>
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Replies: Reply from george at imagist.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] If You Really Want Your Pictures to Last...)
In reply to: Message from bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen) ([Leica] If You Really Want Your Pictures to Last...)