Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/02/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Friends, Digital photography is the thing of the future (for reasons that are apparent at the moment) which will replace film to some or even a large extent. Digital photography gives me immediacy, for Net dissemination, for publishing, and when I am in the mood for "buffet" photography - a behavior of just shoot and shoot and then trash and trash whatever I do not want. I shot my departmental function on digital format about a month ago. The images were produced on hard copies so that we could display them and get some orders for reprints. Quite a number of the shots were out of focus....never mind...just concentrate on the sharp ones. When the reprint orders came in, I trooped down to the photo-finisher to order the reprints. "Excuse me sir, we no longer keep those picture files once we have produced the hard copies." "But I asked you to store them in your hard disk so that I can order reprints" "Sorry sir, who did you speak to that time?" "A lady named W......." "Oh, she does not work for us anymore." "Can you check if those files are still there." "Sorry sir....we have no records." I went back to my compact flash card. Zilch! No more trace....all the shots were gone...must have pressed the wrong button.......or system failure...... Never had the same problem with film for umpteen years............... Moral of story.....................digital archivality is either a dream or a full time job! Dan K. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html