[Leica] A record of childhood

[kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney)]

Great stuff.  You are very fortunate to have this record.  I first took up
this hobby in 1968, with a Leica M3 and various lenses, and our first child
was born in 1969.  Now everything is "digital", but I have scanners to
preserve the negs of all sizes.  My wife's family is from Poland, and my
sister-in-law bought a Nikon 9000 MF scanner a couple of years ago, and is
involved in preserving all those images.

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-
> bounces+kcarney1=cox.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Nathan Wajsman
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2007 4:00 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] A record of childhood
> 
> Thanks to the many people who commented positively on this. For those
> who are curious about such things, here are some technical details.
> 
> - all the images prior to 1998 were taken with Pentax equipment, mostly
> a Pentax LX and various lenses
> - all the images between 1998 and 2004 were taken mostly with Leica M
> equipment
> - all the images after 2004 are digital (Canon)
> 
> I do have all the slides and negatives from the past 22 years (I took up
> photography in 1985), but I did not have to scan any film last night.
> All the images I used were already on my computer. The very oldest ones
> were on some Kodak Photo CDs which I had made in Belgium in 1997, before
> I bought my own film scanner. They have held up perfectly, and Photoshop
> has no problem opening the files (although Lightroom does not support
> the Photo CD file format). I realize that these digital files are only
> 10 years old, but still it does tell me that if you use good media and
> proper storage techniques, digital storage can be manageable, also in
> the long term.
> 
> Nathan