John wrote: > There is still a lively debate going on regarding digital vs film as a > long term storage medium. > > When I first joined PDML back in 2009 or so, the National Register of > Historic Places still required documentation photos for properties > proposed for addition to and/or preservation work to be photographed on > 4x5 TMAX 100. > > A thousand years from now, when future archeologists are digging out > the foundations of our civilization, the information in a safety > deposit box full of old negatives will be a lot more accessible than a > safety deposit box with an old USB hard-drive.
One that often keeps me awake. It's odd I'm not concerned with long term storage of slides I took 25+ years ago, and worried about digital images I took last night. This is not progress! Malcolm -- 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.
