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Date sent: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 16:51:45 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Omer Nezih GEREK <gerek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Scan your films. Scan them as soon as you can. At the highest resolution
> you can get. Digital life is theoretically infinity (provided that you
> copy the files to somewhere else before the storage device
> deteriorates, and repeat this procedure all the time - still quite seldom).
> Since digital copying is lossless, this is not like continously
> duplicating slides.
Yeah, but do you store it on 1/2" tape? CD? 5 1/4" floppy? The digital
formats may be dying faster than the dyes... We can still see photos
made 150+ years ago, but there aren't many 2" TV tape machines left to
play the oldest videotapes. BTW, magnetic storage is very fragile,
deteriorating over several years. CD-ROM is supposed to be the best so
far.
Oh, by the 3 exposures, I meant copy the neg or slide thru appropriate
filters onto panchromatic film.
Tom
>
> At least do it for your favourite photos. If you come up with a higher
> resolution scanner, re-scan them if you still have the decent film.
>
> OMer
>
> On Mon, 30 Aug 1999, Tom Trottier wrote:
>
> > Alas, most dyes have limited lives, even if stored as suggested by the
> > manufacturers.
> >
> > > I am interesting to know what king of film can pass throw time with
> > > minimum
> > > loose of quality.
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