[Leica] Bring Out the Negative Scanner

[Afterswift at aol.com (Afterswift@aol.com)]

Whether a PC or Mac circa 2025 will be able to read CD-R's is problematic. 
What may happen has an analogy to 8mm movie film. I don't think 8mm or Super 
8 
projectors are being made now. You can still find 8mm cameras in flea 
markets. 
We can still access these films but at some expense and trouble. 

That's why I suggest that we make good printouts on high quality papers of 
our favorite image files. On subjects that I want to have a more permanent 
record, I use a film camera so I can have a negative backup. 

Which reopens a question: why doesn't one of the major camera outfits market 
a high quality yet reasonable 35mm negative scanner? Kodak and Fuji and 
Leica 
should be in the lead. Nikon and Polaroid featured film scanners a few years 
ago, but the market seemed to have lost its drive. That may be due to the 
low 
cost transfer of negatives to CD positives now.  

If you have a good negative scanner, you can skip the CD-R and produce a 
fresh print from the negative itself at any time, either digitally on in the 
darkroom. 

Bob R