Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What gave a me clue about the importance of standards was through this explanation I was given sometime ago. It had to do with measuring tapes and rulers. The issue was that if one wanted that "one inch" to be the same worldwide, there had to be a norm followed by everyone. In this case, when there could be 200 countries manufacturing rulers for American subcontractors, that ruler reaching us here had to be within a particular tolerance. I had a case where I bought a cheap voltage tester to keep in my car, a must for today's electrics. I tried replacing AAA batteries in it, not wanting to use Shanghai's best. The case was built to use their battery size, 1.5 millimeters shorter. I couldn't use our standardized AAA's in it. I took the tester back. And I bet the importer had to take a bath on them. Then on the other hand, look at what the Clinton/Bush(I&II) era denigration of medical standards has done for pharmaceutical research. That series of shortcuts is probably going to wind up in court from the consumer's end. Never mind a further erosion of trust of the industry by the consumer. S. Dimitrov On Jan 10, 2005, at 9:22 AM, B. D. Colen wrote: > The closest this comes to industry standards is that John Wilhelm's > testing is, in terms of print life, considered the Gold Standard. Is it > accurate? I don't know. But then what is? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Slobodan Dimitrov > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:44 PM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Media Life--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART > > > Ratings where there aren't any industry standards to begin with. > Something's not right here. > S. Dimitrov > > On Jan 9, 2005, at 5:33 PM, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> That's fine, Frank, except that the HP 7960's bw prints are rated at >> something line 118 years - longer than a standard bw print. ;-) >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org >> [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf >> Of Frank Filippone >> Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 8:25 PM >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: RE: [Leica] Media Life--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART >> >> >> I had heard many years ago, that the US government stored their >> software >> code of most importance on....... >> >> B+W photo paper as printed ( wet darkroom) out 1's and 0's. The gist > >> B+of >> the conversation was that Photo paper was the only item they knew at >> that time to have longevity of 100 years plus, and could prove it. >> >> So the message for all of you out there with those there digital image > >> thingies..... print out your images onto B+W archival photo paper if >> you want to keep those images almost forever. >> >> I knew there was an advantage to my wet darkroom!!! >> >> Frank Filippone, spent the day in the darkroom.... 3 new images made. >> red735i@earthlink.net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > Slobodan Dimitrov > Photography > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > Slobodan Dimitrov Photography