Digital BW, The Print

John,

One of my reasons for moving towards digital storage is the rate at 
which my analogue negatives are deteriorating. Almost all modern 35mm 
negs for example are on tri-acetate base, which is not stable. I already 
have negatives from the 1970s that I can make better prints from the 
scans than from the originals.

Digital doesn't remove the problem of longevity, but it does provide 
easier and better ways to deal with it.

Regards

Peter Marshall
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Mr_Misty_44 wrote:

>I think the one overriding concern I have which has kept me from 
>getting into digital still work is the storage problem. I look at 
>those B&W Negatives and think that 100 years from now there will still 
>be someway to make a print from them. I know that folks in the 
>business of archiving are calling this the unstable time because of 
>the advancement of technology and the rate at which a once seemingly 
>standardized system becomes obsolete or is found not to be reliable. I 
>keep all my scans on hard drives and CD's but if anything should 
>happen to them I still have the old analog negative to fall back on.
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>If none of this bothers you then who cares. I agree that digital iis 
>tust another tool. 
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