[Leica] Media Life--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov)]

Ratings where there aren't any industry standards to begin with. 
Something's not right here.
S. Dimitrov

On Jan 9, 2005, at 5:33 PM, B. D. Colen wrote:

> That's fine, Frank, except that the HP 7960's bw prints are rated at
> something line 118 years - longer than a standard bw print. ;-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
> Frank Filippone
> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:25 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Media Life--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
>
>
> I had heard many years ago, that the US government stored their 
> software
> code of most importance  on.......
>
> B+W photo paper as printed ( wet darkroom) out 1's  and 0's.  The gist
> B+of
> the conversation was that Photo paper was the only item they knew at
> that time to have longevity of 100 years plus, and could prove it.
>
> So the message for all of you out there with those there digital image
> thingies..... print out your images onto B+W archival photo paper if 
> you
> want to keep those images almost forever.
>
> I knew there was an advantage to my wet darkroom!!!
>
> Frank Filippone, spent the day in the darkroom.... 3 new images made.
> red735i@earthlink.net
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information
>
>
Slobodan Dimitrov
Photography