Digital BW, The Print

Yes fire, theft, flood or even fungus (I lost most of my slides 20
years ago to the last of these).

I have two external hard drives ~1 mile apart here, and another in
another country (not quite up to date, I admit).  These are all
perfect copies and will last a few years, no problem.  They need
copied to make replacements every few years (rotating system). The
cost is modest. Try that with film.

I will ensure the files stay readable when formats change (modest
effort needed).  I've just decided that storage costs have fallen
enough to allow lossless TIFF for everything - should last a while
longer I think.

(And just imagine the difference with colour when most materials don't
last at all well, but I shouldn't mention that here.)

Ken  


--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "John Moody"
<moodymz3@y...> wrote:
>
> "I still have the old analog negative to fall back on"
> Unless there is a fire, or they are stolen....  Once experienced, a
> significant building fire will change the way you think about a
number of
> things.
> 
> Best regards,
> John Moody