[Leica] Digital storage etc.

[gregj.lorenzo at shaw.ca (GREG LORENZO)]

Adam,

I suspect that it may be a generational thing. Your parents are probably 
closer in age to my now deceased grandparents. From my Grandparents there 
are prints and very few negatives (earliest in Canada dated 1919). I don't 
know if this has something to do with the likelyhood of more moving between 
homes (eventually to a senior's home with little room for storage)or the 
lack of a family owned camera.

If I am right on are respective generational differences - do you still have 
your family negs?

Regards,

Greg

----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Bridge <abridge@gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2006 0:07 am
Subject: Re: [Leica] Digital storage etc.

> My family, and my wife's family have experiences that match Nathan's
> and not yours Greg.
> 
> The negatives that I have been able to find mostly date from earlier
> than the 50s. My mom did the photography and she took slides not color
> negative film.
> 
> Adam
> 
> On 1/13/06, GREG LORENZO <gregj.lorenzo@shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Hi Nathan,
> >
> > Nathan Wajsman writes in part:
> >
> > >
> > > If you are talking about casual snapshooters (and that is 
> implied by the
> > >  mention of the proverbial shoebox) then they usually did not 
> keep the
> > > negatives, just the prints. So that should be the standard for
> > > comparison.
> >
> > I disagree.
> >
> > My parents, their relatives and friends certainly fit the bill 
> as being casual shooters and they have all kept their negatives, 
> prints and slides (circa 1950 - 1990+).
> >
> > I do not believe this to be at variance with the norm.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
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