Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm the same way Frank. I would guess that there is some correlation here between folks like you and me who work on computers a great deal and those who are deathly afraid of them though. My physical possessions are always in disarray - my hard-drives are neat and tidy! Dave Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> writes: > I have the best access to my digital pictures and the film images I > have scanned. My filing system for 40+ years of negatives and slides > is poor to non existent. My son had a daughter 5 months ago and I > would like to scan a few pictures of him at a similar age. I can not > believe how time consuming it has been to find some! > My digital files are on hard drives backed up to other hard drives > which I use seldom, so will hopefully be reliable. So far I have > managed to keep everything on up to date storage with no problem > whatsoever. I imagine that in my case the digital files will always > be easier to find than the chemical ones - that is certainly the case > so far. > cheers > Frank > > On 4 Apr, 2007, at 23:22, dnygr wrote: > >> I mostly use film still and my darkroom. Digital is fine, but I >> enjoy film more. I use the digital for snapshots. >> >> I found some negatives the other day. They were from the mid 1970s. >> I made a contact sheet and showed it to my wife and then printed >> some photos of friends when they were younger. >> >> I wonder if people today will be able in 30 years to take their >> long-forgotten memory cards and be able to access the info stored >> on them, or their CDs with info on them. A few people will, those >> who keep up with the ever-changing technology. But just a few. >> Digtial will probably be passe and people will be shooting with >> newest, latest. Maybe holograms or who knows what. >> >> I don't object to digital. I like the feel of the M8. I prefer film. >> >> Doug Nygren >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information