Prints and negatives do not need a "viewing device" other than what comes standard equipment - eyes. Brent --- David Moulton <dmoulton@rocketmail.com> wrote:
--- Chuck Hards <chuckh@companionsystems.com> wrote:
While that is certainly a solution, for some of us
with literally
tens of thousands of frames archived, it just isn't practical from a time standpoint. You'd need to set aside a couple of months every 5 to 10 years just to re-burn the entire archive!
Though at least every other time you would do this it would be to media with dramatically higher capacity, which would cut down on the time spent switching media. Anyway, my suspicion is that eventually what we save things on will be solid state (CF,MMC, etc), so copy times will be very much shortened.
Lets also bear in mind that the vast majority (IMO) of black and white prints taken in the past no longer exist. Fire, flood, and what not have claimed many a memory from being passed on. If what we store things on isn't taken care of, it won't matter what it is.
I would in no way want to discourage making prints. I think thats a good idea. I just think that properly cared for and renewed digital copies can work as well. Yes, I'm old enough to remember 8 inch floppies and reel-to-reel audio. I own many LPs.
I think we are in a very difficult time in history, where a fundamental change is taking place. Its entirely possible that in a couple of hundred years they will know more about 1800's than they know about the last few years.
My advice? Make good hardcopies of things you absolutely can't lose, and put 'em someplace safe. Then, keep updated digital copies of every thing. You'll be glad you did both, as will your proginy.
dave
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