Darren, I get their rationale. The National Archives has experience with preserving the glass plates and film of yesteryear. I believe that they are more comfortable with that instead of digital, because they've already seen the deterioration that is more rapid in comparison.
Cheers, Yonnie On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:57 AM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > I can understand hiring a photographer, but the "large format, B&W" > strikes me as rather odd. They don't expect today's cavalry members to > ride horses, so why not use up to date equipment for photographers? > Seems they are after the romance of the past over practicalities. How > much are they allowing for expenses, like renting burros and local > sherpas? > > On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 9:33 AM, Collin B <[email protected]> wrote: >> http://petapixel.com/2015/12/08/ansel-adams-job-opening-in-us-govt-pays-1000 >> 00-per-year/ >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > > > -- > Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
