Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 06/21/03 8:27 PM, Spencer Cheng at spencer@aotera.org wrote: > TIFF and JPEG (/JPEG-2000) maybe fine for 10-20 years but beyond that I > would be surprised. Proprietary formats (like Photoshop) has a very > indeterminate life time. With billions of files being created every year in those formats, you can bet they will remain readable for years to come. And I suspect there is little reason to improve on Tiff any time soon. Loseless is what counts. JPEG will evolve. But like I said, they're way too important in terms of volume to become unreadable. > CD and DVD medium has limited shelf life as does film though B&W > emulsion has very good durability given decent conditions. There are CDs now that cost less than $2 apiece whish have 200 year archival lives. I'm sure DVDs will follow. > garbage dump long before. I would be very surprised if you will be able > to buy a 3.5" floppy drive for a Mac in 10 years. Okay by me, I haven't used a floppy in five years. > Note that my basic question is not fundamentally a technical one. The > basic question is how to "select" images that will be treated to last > 50 years? I can't. Can anyone? Now if one don't care, than any > digital/analog medium will do. :-) A good eye for editing and being liberal in what you keep? :-) Eric Welch Carlsbad, CA http://www.jphotog.com All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for worse. - -William Albert Allard, The Photographic Essay - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html