Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ted Grant wrote: > Nathan said: > > So digital archiving aspect? > > As we know at the moment, film has greater archived life span than digital > and that being the case, why not save the finest of our digital photographs > in similar fashion? Burn them to CD and have film "negatives " made as we > make positive slides? > > Then we have the archival value of a film negative as well as a digital on > CD, DVD, whatever? Being the rookie I am in all this digital stuff maybe > I've completely overlooked the main point why this wont work. Because > surely > a much smarter person than I would've come up with it a long time ago. > > So would or would it not work as an archival possibility? And if not, why > not? > > ted > Hi Ted, Sounds a bit strange to me. Shoot digital, convert to film because that keeps longer? Why not shoot film right away and scan if you need a digital copy? Best archival quality right away and saves the hassle of burning cd's:-) Dust of your M7's and there you go! Michiel