Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/07/21

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Subject: [Leica] World of pain
From: imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser)
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:03:40 -0500
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Film and traditional prints appear "cheap" [and safe]
when one's digital s**t hits the proverbial fan.
But film scans do not.

Scanned film files still potentially lost in the virtual storage bin;
and hundreds (or thousands) of hours of scanning time along with them.
(Yes one can always go back to the negatives
but at what cost in terms of one's life time?)

Simply no easy answers with digitizing, storage and archiving;
whether digital capture or film scans.

[and again - yes, I understand - the negative will survive a hard  
drive failure]

so do dupe those negatives
and store in second location
in case of fire or other calamity
just as recommended for digital backup

;~)

I think the real lesson remains:
If we have a fine photograph (digital or film)
we best produce some fine prints
and disperse them well
among family, friends and/or collectors.

;~)

Regards,
George Lottermoser
george at imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com
http://www.imagist.com/blog
http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist





On Jul 21, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Bob Adler wrote:

> Scanned film is looking cheap now, eh?
> ;-)



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