Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd imagine the ability to have "something" in the event of loss of technology and/or power; along with a basic backup, backup, backup system approach. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Jun 10, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > I just saw a program of the cable History channel which detailed the > document storage procedures of the U.S. Library of Congress. The > program > said that images, specifically movies and stills, are stored on > film for > archival purposes even when created digitally. What on earth for? I > thought > properly prepared and stored CDs and DVDs could last 100 years. > Given the > loss in quality converting from digital to analog and back again, > what is > the benefit of analog storage? > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information