Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Emanuel wrote... "For me, that's reason enough to cry out for archival processes and to continue to reject the ephemeral nature of this "digitally abbreviated world." ---- That would make sense, Emanuel, were it not true that a cheap printer like the HP7690 can produce black and white prints with a guaranteed life-span of, I believe, 118 years - which is longer than traditional black and white processes. As to what you will now say about negatives - I'd be willing to bet that there isn't surviving negative that can be matched with 1 in 1000 of those prints at the death camps in Europe or Cambodia. Most people throw their negatives in a drawer somewhere where they are lost, destroyed, or forgotten - and I'll be some just plain toss them. I realize that you hate the idea of the film age coming to an end, and will go down kicking, screaming, and defending Solms and film to the end. But at least base your arguments on some sort of asthetic principle, rather than on the misconception that everything shot in digital is ephemeral and will disappear in three days. I just ain't any longer so. B. D.