Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I can see it now....Uh, what kinda rock do you use? Christopher Williams wrote: > Did anyone catch "Life After People" on the History Channel? > > Negatives will return to gelatin in 200 years, and paper will be eaten > by bacteria. No one will be around to look at a digital file and there > will be no electricity so either way just enjoy the shite now! That or > start doing what our ancestors did and carve your photos in rock, we > know that last thousands of years! > > Chris > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Rabiner"Subject: Re: [Leica] > On Both Sides > > >> >From the first moment your print or neg or slide dries after >> processing it >> is deteriorating. Its never the same. And always worse than it was >> the last >> time your printed it. Or looked at it. >> But if its black and white film stored well it maybe highly >> incremental but >> still.... Its there. Its oxidizing or otherwise turning to dust just >> like we >> all are. >> How fresh was that fix? >> How cold was that wash: >> Worry. Lots of variables. Lots of things to worry about. >> >> Digital information though does not in any way no matter how much >> enlarger >> light you try to shoot through it deteriorate. >> It prints just as well in the year 2525 as it did in 2001. >> >> Where will YOUR NEGS BE in the year 2525? And what condition will >> they be >> in? >> Do I have nostalgia for things which are fading? Sure- But I have more >> feelings for the imagery I'm creating now which is here to stay. >> Stuck in >> time. More serious. >> Makes me try harder. >> Seems like less baloney. >> And I have it right here. Its not in a storage bin in Portland OR. >> >> Digital is very enabling. >> >> Mark William Rabiner >> markrabiner.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >