Digital BW, The Print

On 11/18/2011 6:42 AM, faeofavalon wrote:
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> Isn't film more permanent? Just asking....
>
> - AnnMarie
>

Strictly speaking, probably not.  Even ordinary optical media tolerates abuse
that would effectively destroy film.  However, this question continues to focus
on the medium rather than the message (or the image in this case).

I'm not emotionally attached to any disk I own, but I am very fond of the
information/images/etc. stored on the disks.  The right question to ponder
is "how do I preserve the images for the long term?".

Because film inherently links the medium and image, we're all programmed
to think of archival as "preserving the film".  When you can make unlimited copies
of an image without degradation, this is no longer the right approach.

Cheers,
Dana



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