Digital BW, The Print

Yes, film is mostly more permanent, but more precisely "universal". You don't need any special equipment to look at the image.

Recently I photographed a bridge scheduled to be torn down, on B&W film to comply with the "recordation" requirements of the Federal grant for this project. 

Kind of interesting, if not labor intensive, hauling around the 4x5 view camera, film holders, etc. Then developing the film. Thank heavens I kept my old dark room sink around. No one else in town was capable of handling a film project like this.

Of course I scanned the negs on my Epson V700 with great results! And then printed out the required "proof sheets".

John Nollendorfs

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul" <roark.paul@...> wrote:
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> "faeofavalon" <faeofavalon@> wrote:
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> > Isn't film more permanent? ...
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> My old medium format negatives in the bank box look like new, but there is no affordable high resolution film recorder to convert digital to film.  Additionally, converting them back to digital for later use would involve yet another step where information is going to be lost.
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> Everything is an interim or temporary solution.  The Millenniata disks are an alternative that might be more convenient than the small external hard disk I now keep in a bank box.  (I'm told they need to be run periodically to keep them working.)  No in-home/business solution avoids the fire risk, and the bandwidth problem makes the "cloud" a problem.  So, for one's best work, a few of these disks may be a reasonable solution for now.  
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> Digital has it's problems, but I'm about to sell some of my medium format equipment and frozen stash of 120 Tech Pan.
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> Paul
> www.PaulRoark.com
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