I think digital will be around for a long time (possibly forever) so this is another good reason for a external HD.
On Jan 5, 5:16 pm, aussieshepsrock <ilovaussiesh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi Miko, > I happen to personally 'like' your DNG suggestion and am a genuine > devotee of RAW files and actively shoot and store them! However, the > archive I am creating is NOT an archive for ME or being created for MY > use. It's being created for two equally important 'future' relatives - > Someone who is looking for pictures of relatives AND someone (like me) > who wants great image files to do beautiful things with. The 'Image > Archive Industry' relies on the 100% NON-Proprietary nature of TIFF so > it's 'future' isn't tied to ANY corporation or group of corporations > AND the nature of the file format itself is designed for storing lots > of information in the headers (in my case an excellent parking space > for my 'exif type info/names,dates,titles). Further benefits come from > the fact Any Tiff file is openable many decades from now because even > if it falls into total disuse 'generally' all it takes is a programmer > to write a program to read the info and retrieve the image in the > file. This is a seperate question from the current 'media' choice for > storing the group of image files I'm grappling with. > No matter how wonderful your raw/dng file suggestion is, it's > trumped by the 'benefits' TIFF brings to my specific situation. In my > own personal archive I see the incredible merits of DNG when it comes > to my personal image making. > > Sorry Miko, The purpose of my project disqualifies your suggestion for > reasons seperate to what makes dng & raw so wonderful. I dearly hope > that 5-10 years from now DNG has the status of TIFF. LONG LIVE ADOBE - > LONG LIVE PHOTOSHOP! > > Richard > > On Jan 5, 6:22 pm, "MIKO .." <miko.supp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Jan 5, 2009, at 2:42 PM, Sam Macomber wrote: > > > > At this point with newer systems they're generally all supported by > > > Photoshop CameraRAW and can be converted to DNG. i feel that's > > > reasonably safe since I'm seeling the useful life right around 10 > > > years for an image, I don't see many calls for images older than > > > that, even than with images more than 2-3 years old i only get a > > > request maybe once a year ... > > > I can see that for stock images, but for art images that develop some > > "clout", a good print could be requested at any time. I'd love it if > > there was a 50 megapixel dng out there of Ansel Adams' "Moonrise"! or > > "Half Dome"....- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
