> Stan Patz wrote: > ...Every time you open and close a JPG you get some > image degradation.
I believe it is every time you *save* a jpg there is some loss, though someone more technically inclined may elaborate on that. > If we can still open and use JPGs 20 years from now, a > problematic question, your favorite JPGs may be very > ratty by then. My slightly greater worry would be if I could still open the proprietary RAW format of whichever camera I took the raw photo with...but I don't worry *too* much about such things (though I'm currently mucking around with RAW instead of my usual jpg). I'm relying on the fastidiously busy minds of future specialist retrotech curmedgeons to solve my archaic-technology problems for me ;-) Cheers, Marc Sydney, Oz * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
