Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bingo! I thinks of all the miles of tape, and acres or 8" floppies that weren't 'converted'. Sometimes I wonder if anyone even has a copy of CP/M anymore! The K.I.S.S. principle - "Keep It Simple, Stupid" works. Glass plates from the early days of photography are still printable- I understand that at the Smithsonion, and the Library of Congrees, that you can actually purchase prints from old plates! I know that NASA can sell you prints of the early photos taken with the famous Hasselblads.... but I wonder how long the electronic media of recent space exploration will last. Do they still record on film? I would imagine so. It seems that text and images on paper will be around, literally, for a long time. Even today ( at the risk of starting another 'Pen War") I find it much more satisfying to sit down, with the Ole Parker or Cross in hand, and scratch out on paper messages tofriends and family. The computer I save for the impersonal stuff I send to businesses, the IRS, and any other entity to which I have very little affinity- with the exception of the LUG, of course!!! :o}~ Dan ( My PDA is a small stack of index cards and an old Parker Sonnet!) - ----- Original Message ----- From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@gusta.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 10:30 AM Subject: [Leica] Re: Darkroom to Digital and unrelated matters > At 10:36 PM 8/5/99 +1000, you wrote: > >Hey guys, > > > >Anybody going to stand up for the darkroom? > > > I have no intention of switching to digital so I can't comment on the > supposed "advantages." But then I don't have to meet deadlines or produce > huge quantities of prints. > > I do have a long term concern with digital- that of longevity. I have a box > full of wire recordings in my garage. Can anyone "convert" them? Tried > reading an 8" floppy lately? > > Yes, I know that digital storage can be converted to new media when storage > devices change. The question is "Will they be converted"? I suspect than > many fine images will be lost. > > Ken Wilcox > ------------------ > Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits > LAW LHSA MEA <wilcox@gusta.net>