William Robb wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Roberts"
As far as lifetime comparisons between digital and film it's six of
one and half a dozen of the other.
At the risk of being Mafud......
The vast majority of digital images are, I expect, on non backed up hard
drives, or non backed up optical media, both of which can suffer
catastrophic failure without any indication that they are failing.
Certainly the same can happen with film, but I'll bet you a nickel that
in the hands of the average user, film is far more archival than digital.
You could be right, but I'll bet it's very close. The number of people
who save their negs is a tiny fraction of all photographers. Mostly
serious shooters like those of us on this list (and I've lost more
negatives than digital files over the years). I saw lots of people come
into the photo store where I worked looking to get copies from old
prints. None from old negatives.
Where "digital back-up" is going is on line. Not online commercial
backup services (though they're going to get more mainstream business as
time goes on), but Flickr, etc. Small? Too low-res for printing? Yup. Do
people care as long as it's viewable somewhere? Not most consumers :(
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