Hi,
I'm with you on this. I love using my digitals for a great deal of work, but I've had floppies, Zip discs, CDs and hard drives roll over and die over the years. Also, I have computer files dating from the early nineties that could only be read by having a 286 running Windows 3 etc. (I don't know whether this situation applies to the Macs.) admittedly they are not jpgs or tiffs, but the worry is there.
Another point is the hoardability of digital files. The house I am typing this in was bought by my grandfather in 1905, and apart from my negs. going back to the 1960's, there are drawers full of family pictures going back to the 1850's, including such things as the Gallipoli landings in 1915 (by an uncle on a troop transport), not to mention a huge social record of our local area. Will my grandchildren cling on to my CDs etc. in the same way?
Sorry to go on...!
John
> Apparently they are now using Nikon F5s and Bronica 6x6s - whilst there are > twenty-odd D1X bodies in a cupboard somewhere gathering dust......
Dear Simon, Interesting that you should make this point. I've often thought that the head long rush away from film to be ill thought out. We can still make prints from negatives produced 150 years ago but recent history has shown us that mechanical inventions move on very quickly and it renders obsolete the technology immediately before it. I shoot some digital work when asked and appreciate some of the conveniences it offers. However I'm most comfortable shooting on neg, having great scans produced and then working on the scan to produce prints (which are definitely far in advance of C-types etc for control and quality).
2 sides of A4. Discuss.
Simon Buckley
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