Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/14

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Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: Archival of digital images
From: "Tim Atherton" <tim@KairosPhoto.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 13:09:17 -0700

>
> The most archival media out there is probably still--film!

Not you're E6 film - probably not even today's emulsions (and who of us keep
our film in ideal archival temp/humidity/light controlled storage?). It's
very rare for me to find E6 or colour neg that hasn't shifted when I work in
the photo archives here (Kodachrome II still looks good :)  ) - again,
lugger John P is the expert here. He's my boss when I'm across there.  Even
on present data, looks like CD's will outlast some of this media.

BTW, DVD and newer large storage may be fine - but what happens if one does
roll over and die? 640mb on a CD may be bad enough, but several GB of
images.... think about it. Bigger isn't always better  :)

Tim A