Yeah, but the white balance is off <grin>. -- Bruce
Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 11:23:25 AM, you wrote: g> I highly recommend a proven long term media, Cave walls. There is g> graffiti on some that is 20,000+ years old. g> -graywolf g> Rick Womer wrote: >> Frankly, I find discussions of "archival media" >> amusing. >> >> If you had an "archival" 5 1/2-inch floppy, where >> would you read it now, less than 20 years later? >> >> Suppose you could find a drive, how would your >> computer interpret a vintage WordStar document? Heck, >> even the current MSWord for the Mac can't open Word >> 1.05 documents (and good luck finding a compatible >> floppy drive!). >> >> Our digital photos will "turn into pumpkins" because >> of technological change, not because of media >> deterioration. >> >> That bothers me; I can look at the slides my father >> took when I was a kid 50 years ago, and my kids can >> look at the slides I took of them 50 years from now, >> but who will be able to look at the pix I've taken >> with my ist D since March in another 10 years? Maybe >> not even me! >> >> It is a definite "down side" of digital photography. >> >> Rick >> >> --- John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media/ >>> The author is a little biased towards one import >>> brand, but he gives good >>> reasons, and his technical insight into writable >>> optical media is worth the >>> read. >>> >>> John >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.neovenator.com >>> http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> >> >> >> http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________________________________ >> Do you Yahoo!? >> Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. >> http://new.mail.yahoo.com >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
