Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]B.D. Agree that transfer will be available and required to keep current, spent most of my years in the fine field of data processing (forget the current yuppie term for the field now), so I have seen the changes, and they happen quicker and quicker, which was sort of one of my points. Still, when your CD or DVD, or whatever comes next, has a hiccup, won't be near as easy to dodge and burn when you can't read the file, nor can you tape or glue your DVD that you cracked back together :-> I embrace the new technology but do miss the ease and simplicity of the 'good old days' Bill -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:54 AM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: was Leni Oh gawd in heaven, now old photos There's no question, Bill, that changing technology will require that from time to time we copy our digital files from one form of storage to another. If we make sure we don't wait until the transfer is no longer possible, the problem you suggest is eliminated. I realize that current storage media aren't foolproof - but either were previous media. After all, all someone had to do was drop those glass plates once, and they wouldn't be around to be printed. ;-) B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Bill O'Connell Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:48 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: was Leni Oh gawd in heaven, now old photos :-> I almost hate to bring this up because it involves photography but, last night my bro-in-law showed me some prints he made last week. Some years ago I came across some 4x5 glass plates from the late 1800s and we put them aside thinking 'some day' we would do 'something' with them. Well some 15 or 20 years later, long after I had forgotten about them, someday came. I was amazed at the quality of the contact prints after over 100 years. Amazing. No, don't know what kind of camera or lens, but am comfortable that it was not a M7 with a NOCT lens.... Last weekend he and his wife went to Delaware where the photos were taken and to no one's surprise many of the buildings are gone but the park areas are still there. One of the museums is interested in getting them for their historic archives, which sounds about right to us. Got us to thinking what our digital thinks will be like in 100 years. The plates were easy to put in the Bessler and produce prints, but will our PC/MAC of the future allow us to slip in the CD or DVD from 2004 with the same ease? Think of the things stored on 8" or 5" floppies, even 3" floppies are now going away. Think it is time to go find a film recorder, one of the PC to film devices that seem to be going away as well. Bill -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+woc2=earthlink.net@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Emanuel Lowi Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 10:18 AM To: lug@leica-users.org Subject: [Leica] Re: Leni Oh gawd in heaven I really enjoyed this latest Leni thread. This person is clearly an important figure in the history of photography and cinema and her work remains influential in much the same way HC-B's is. The thread was good while it inspired me to go read a lot more about her. Until a bunch of pushy jerks with puny d**ks started getting nasty with each other for no good reason except for their complexes over their puny... oh, you know what I'm saying. It is also deliciously ironic that we must turn to a set of s&m bondage photos as an antidote to this Nazi stuff. Thank you, Kyle. Timing is everything, they say. Doug, don't you have any pictures you can post now showing little birdies doing unnatural things with the bees? Pretty please? Emanuel Lowi Montreal ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information