In a message dated 2/27/2009 7:56:08 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Film is forever. When we're old and breathing our last, we'll all make one last stand in the darkroom, breathe the pungent fumes of hypoid and praise the gods of silver and cellulose.
Yeah. Right. Paul ========== Well, there is a tiny little problem with digital cameras -- archiving your photos. Negatives kept. As much as I like my digital camera I am fully aware my options for saving my photos is not as good as it once was. I think it is a big boondoggle waiting to happen -- for a lot of people. We can back up to drives, back up to DVDs, etc. But what if we aren't around, and no one backs up to the new media when it comes along? Poof -- our photos are gone. (Remember 5.25 drives? if you have anything on a 5.25 floppy that you didn't transfer over to 3.5 you better forget it, hard to find a 5.25 drive now. For that matter it's not that easy to find computers equipped with 3.5 drives anymore either. Though you can still find 3.25 drives around to buy.) Unless someone comes up with a really foolproof archival medium, which may happen. Godfrey says the best archive is a print, and he is right. But how many of us print all our photos? I only print a few to hang. In the long run, it won't matter with mine so much, but what about all those family photos that may be lost? I am doing family history now and then, and I come across photos that were taken over 70 years ago, even longer ago than that, still good (I scan them in). What if Uncle Jim took great family photos, digital, but when he died no one transferred to the new media? And some nephew of his in about ten years wants to do family history and, boy, he can't read the media Uncle Jim saved his photos on. Much as I love my computer I am fully aware of its limitations. We haven't solved this problem yet, at all. Progress isn't always progress, because sometimes it goes so fast all the implications aren't fully explored and thought out ahead of time. Not that I would give up my digital camera and go back to film. OTOH, if I had to, I would. Marnie --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. **************You're invited to Hollywood's biggest party: Get Oscars updates, red carpet pics and more at Moviefone. (http://movies.aol.com/oscars-academy-awards?ncid=emlcntusmovi00000001) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
