Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/08/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 8 Aug 99, at 13:01, B. D. Colen wrote: > 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> > > They won't be lost if they are shot on film and then scanned to digital. > Just file the negs as you would normally....also, if one cares about one's > images, one will move them over to the new media as the media change. > > B. D. B.D. my thoughts exactly, and in other words, the longevity of digital information or photo film depends upon the appropriate handling/maintenance/storage of the media or data. Digital information also has the added advantage that it may be stored in various locations and in alternate media without incurring inter-generation loss after the initial data acquisition. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 Fax +61-2-9554-9259 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours audiob@ozemail.com.au http://www.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/pagelist.html