From: Dan Smith, Photographer (shooter@brigham.net)
Date: 05/26/00-12:17:25 PM Z
From: "Editor - P.O.V. Image Service" wrote:
..
>
> There has been significant discussion of this on the PhotoDigital list.
> Basically, everyone seems to be adopting an "I'll believe it when I see
it"
> attitude, given the latest problems of QC with 1270 media..
>
> Of course, I don't think anyone on either the PHOTODIGITAL or Alt-photo
> lists will be around to see an ACTUAL 200 years of print life...
>
> Still, it would be a useful indicator of longevity... Personally, I think
> it makes more sense to just archive final versions of the files on
longterm
> media. They can then (hopefully) be reprinted in future as needed,
without
> the generational data loss that would happen if an output image were
> rescanned and reprinted...
If you want to archive with long term media, it will be the old standby,
silver based negatives. There is no current digital media that can compare.
Even the finest storage media for digital is losing iformation within 5
years.
dan smith
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