[rollei_list] Re: Just film - what to put in a time capsule...
- From: Ardeshir Mehta <ardeshir@xxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 11:39:00 -0400
Digital has one BIG advantage over analogue, namely the fact that
copies can be made an indefinite number of times without ANY loss of
data whatsoever.
It also has one huge DISadvantage, namely that it you don't know how
to decode the digital message you're in deep sith.
Cheers.
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On 25-May-05, at 12:24 PM, Jan Decher wrote:
> Mark, Doug et al. Whether you preserve images for posterity has
> similar "meticulous" challenges in both film and digital. People
> who "naturally" archived their negatives or slides with labels and
> in sleeves, perhaps even with a card file or computer database will
> most likely also conscientiously back up their RAW and JPEG files
> on a hard or tape drive, burn them on CD's and transfer everything
> to new media as they emerge.
>
> My grandfather's 6x4.5 Super Ikonta negatives could be a treasure
> trove of information about life in Germany before and during WWII
> had he archived and annotated them more carefully. Many have
> already been thrown away or they are in "anonymous" rolls rather
> than stored flat.
>
> I do think that for future historians/archaeologists finding a box
> of old negatives will be less challenging than finding old CD's or
> harddrives in order to get to the information.
>
> To put it differently: If I had to decide about what type of image
> media to put in the time capsule of a new building, for example, I
> would probably go with some carefully printed b&w archival prints
> and the associated negatives taken with my Rolleiflex IN ADDITION
> to a CD of digital color photographs.
>
> I don't loose any sleep over this question, however ;-)
>
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