Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/03/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, you took the words from my mouth! It's the big unananswered question in digital imaging. There is no guarantee. Peter On 07/03/2014 00:23, Jim Gmail wrote: > And will anyone be able to view the proprietary RAW files people are > producing in 50 years. Ask yourself whether you still have any means to > access material left behind on 5.25" and 3.5" floppies, much less Zip or > Jaz drives. > > -Jim > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 6, 2014, at 15:31, George Lottermoser <george.imagist at >> icloud.com> wrote: >> >> >>> On Mar 6, 2014, at 5:09 PM, Doug Herr wrote: >>> >>> They had to cart all that film around with no opportunity for backups >>> and if there's no processing available on the trip there's the risk of >>> the images being damaged by heat or accidental exposure. >> >> I have lost precious films and prints to fires, floods, mildew and mice. >> >> It's much more difficult to back up negatives and transparencies to 3 >> locations >> than it is to back up hard drives. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > -- =========================================================== Dr Peter Dzwig