[rollei_list] Re: OT: Film vs Digital to preserve archives
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:32:16 -0500
My dad is still commanding ships, and he is in his 80s. my friend Leni
Riefenstahl put out her last film (asked Dad to review it -- IMPRESSIONEN
UNTER WASSER) at age 100... But I know too many folks who are kaputt at
72 or so... I did say 75+ years...
Sorta like my National Graflex... Average age of my cameras is about
1940...
and I prefer the lenses that don't have that blue stuff on the glass...
P.J. Nebergall
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:43:56 -0700 Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx>
writes:
> Peter,
>
> Obsolete, am I? I just started a full time job in Aerospace
> engineering
> the day after my 77th birthday!!
>
> Jerry
>
> Peter J Nebergall wrote:
>
> > My first wife helped develop the IBM Displaywriter, with its 2
> 8-inch
> > floppies, the "toaster" -- ever even SEEN an 8-inch floppy? And
> I'm not
> > that ancient.
> >
> > Pick up an 8 year old 3.5 floppy. Odds are it will be DS, and you
> can't
> > rven read it. Unless you regularly transfer data, hard drive to
> hard
> > drive, digital data is FAR MORE FRAGILE than the human memory. At
> least
> > it takes 75+ years for a human to become obsolete...
> >
> > Its all just a way for manufacturers to shove you the latest
> trendy &^%$.
> > "Practical?" who you kiddin? Whatever can be portrayed as
> fashionable
> > to the rich and clueless...
> >
> > PJ Nebergall
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 08:00:46 -0700 "Jeff Kelley"
> <thocker@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > writes:
> > > Carlos, museums and similar organizations have struggled with
> this
> > > issue of
> > > digital archiving for decades. It is not easily solved.
> > >
> > > I think it telling that I can still easily view and print my
> > > great-grandfather's film negatives but can no longer access 5.25
> > > inch
> > > computer floppy diskettes that I, myself, produced not that many
> > > years
> > > ago....
> > >
> > > -Jeff-
> > >
> > >
> > > >The RUG Digistar archives loss due to a disk crack
> > > >recalled me the issue about to image and data in
> > > >general preservation; I found an official site about
> > > >the issue containing an expert conference on the
> > > >topic, some of my very general conclusions reading the
> > > >article are that film and microfilm are still the best
> > > >and cheapest way to archive images and documents,
> > > >however the fact digital technology is producing
> > > >valuable documents requires to establish systems to
> > > >preserve these documents and they are very expensive
> > > >in part because they demand an upgrading for short
> > > >periods:
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>http://www.archives.gov/preservation/conferences/papers-2003/puglia.html
> > > >
> > > >All the best
> > > >Carlos
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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