Yah, like negatives never get damaged, a scratched negative and you no longer have a first generation image. The advantage of digital is you can make multiple copies and store them in diverse locations, and they are all first generation images..
Ciao, Graywolf http://pages.prodigy.net/graywolfphoto ----- Original Message ----- From: "Feroze Kistan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 6:35 AM Subject: Re: Re[2]: Behind the counter with digital > Hi Cot, > I don't think so, IMHO memory cards are like digifilm > and the more they can get you too buy the better for the > maufacturers - like expensive paper & cartridges for cheap > printers they have to keep you buying stuff for your digicam. > I used to buy lots of Hi-8 tape cause we transfered the edited version > to VHS or CD. But kept the original Hi-8 cassettes. I often wonder > what do these people have as backups if they loose the print, theres > no neg to re-print and if you scratch the top of a CD its gone..... > > Feroze > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 7:27 PM > Subject: Re: Re[2]: Behind the counter with digital > > > > >My lab owner told me of a lady that faithfully brought in her memory > > >cards to get prints back. One time he asked her how she backed up and > > >saved the images. She replied that she threw the card away because it > > >was full and would buy another to replace it. He asked her why she > > >used the camera and she said that her husband had bought it for her > > >and wanted her to use it. So instead of about $10.00 per roll > > >equivalent she was spending closer to $50.00 per roll. > > > > > > This doesn't surprise me in the least. Had to happen somewhere. Now, when > > the lady handed in her memory card, what if she got back in exchange, > > right there and then, a freshly wiped identical card, ready to go - and > > was told, "here you go madam, another Digital Film card, ready to put > > straight into your camera and use straight away. Your prints and CD will > > be ready in 3 hours." > > > > The memory card will become ubiquitous and pervasive - they will be given > > away like rolls of film on the cover of AP, in time. > > > > Cot > > > > ____________________________________ > > Free UK Macintosh Classified Ads at > > http://www.macads.co.uk/ > > ____________________________________ > > Oh, swipe me! He paints with light! > > http://www.macads.co.uk/snaps/ > > ____________________________________ > > > > >
