Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina Manley jotted down the following: > The new inks and papers are more archival than darkroom prints. We've had paper photography for how long? 100 years? And digital ink photography for what, 10? 15? I for one do not believe the "accellerated aging" tests used by manufacturers. There is too much variability in the world to be conveniently captured by a simple test and crunched into two weeks under UV-lamps. The only true test of archival quality is time. Lots of it. M. - -- Martin Howard | Visiting Scholar, CSEL, OSU | It's not who you are, email: howard.390@osu.edu | It's who you know that counts. www: http://mvhoward.i.am/ +---------------------------------------