[pure-silver] Re: Film vs Digital- was: Amusing Kodak commercial
- From: "Ralph W. Lambrecht" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: PureSilverNew <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 21:29:44 +0100
David
It's called the 'digital gap'. In 2500 AD people will wonder what happened
between 1990 and 2020, no records. After that time, records again! One can
hope, can't one?
Regards
Ralph W. Lambrecht
http://www.darkroomagic.com
On 2006-12-31 21:05, "David Starr" <davestarr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 19:16:17 +0000, "Speedy ." <speedgraphic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>
>
>> I've seen it happen where what was a snapshot at the time becomes a
>> treasured image at a later time. If that image were not on a medium that is
>> accessable and useable at that point in the future it is - LOST! Given that
>> the cost is not that much diffrent between film and digital especially when
>> you throw in the cost of computers, printers, ink and paper; I can't come up
>> with a good reason to NOT shoot even snapshots on film.
>
> I'm 65 years old. I have my parents' wedding pictures, pictures of my mom in
> her 20's. I have pictures my folks took of me as a small child - 1 year old.
> I
> have pictures I took of our son 40 years ago. Snapshots? Yes, but priceless.
> How many digital photographs being taken today will still exist in 40 years?
> How
> many families will have no record of their ancestors because of this?
>>
>> Cost savings on digital items is mostly an illusion (or delusion). An
>> expensive camera becomes completely obsolete in three years - if it even
>> functions at that point. Computers become obsolete at about the same rate
>> and heavily used printers probably about then too! Printer ink is the most
>> expensive fluid on the planet and quality inkjet paper is not cheap either.
>> OK so Costco or whomever willprint them for you at a nominal fee. You still
>> haven't solved the image longivity problem.
>
> Film cameras made 100 years ago are still in use. How many of today's
> digitals
> will still be in use 100 years from now? How many people will keep their
> digital storage media updated so it will still be readable 40 or 50 years from
> now? If I live another 20 years, I'll still be using at least some of the
> analog equipment I have now.
>
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