Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/07/14
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>will my 2014 computer be able to read my files from 2004.
Files? probably. Disks? no.
>our digital files be obsolete before long?
Define files.
.tif has some life left.
.eps seems to have life
.jpg seems to be changing
.raw - propriatary and dangerous
.pdf has a few years yet
etc.
>Will our storage devices be
>dependable over the long haul?
Already not dependable. I just lost an 80gig drive (second one lost).
My average on CDrom read writes 1 out of 20 fail.
>Is current digital equipment just one of many of
>the new waves of technology?
Dah?
>Will film continue to be around when our current
>digital equipment is like a whale out of water?
Define be around. Certainly all currently exposed and processed film will be
around and visible - however faded - depending on conditions.
Will you be able to buy film? Some. probably.
Will you be able to have it processed. Don't count on it.
Will you be able to process it yourself? probably - if you can get someone
to ship you the chemistry - B&H cannot ship Rodinal:-(
Fond regards,
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