The option to propagate the original without quality loss is indeed
one of the major advantages of digital over film. My point, though,
was how to establish a good practice. :-)
Jostein
----- Original Message -----
From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I can re-copy my digital photo archives, losslessy, all 165,000
image files of it, in about an hour and a half easily, with no more
effort than setting up the new media and telling the computer to
copy it.
My film negatives, carefully archival processed stored in archival
sleeves, are deteriorating after 25-30 years. Not to unusable, but
it would be difficult to make prints of the quality that could be
made from them when they were fresh. Film is fragile and unique,
not easily reproducible. I'll take the tradeoffs of digital media
any time.
And after I'm gone, well, I figure my interest in the work will
likely diminish. It will be someone else's affair as to whether it
is worth keeping around.
Godfrey
