25th February 2014, 02:07 PM
Digital is the only way forward.
Its silly that some dinosaurs still insist on colour slides and BW print if you ask me.
Printed photographs fade.
Digital images (if properly archived and backed up and barring a nuclear assault) do not.
The only argument against is changes in format/compatibility as the computer industry (some of it anyway) is fond of making their new products incompatible with others and even their older products.
But even saying that, we are all still using jpegs etc...........how longs that been?
Besides its not that difficult to save a bunch of old stuff to a new format as and when and if the need arises.
Computer viruses aside, your photos are then safe from whatever damp, light, temperature, mould, critter-based issues that I am sure plague the storage of BW and/or colour slides.........
Or am I not seeing the bigger (35mm format) picture.....grin
Its silly that some dinosaurs still insist on colour slides and BW print if you ask me.
Printed photographs fade.
Digital images (if properly archived and backed up and barring a nuclear assault) do not.
The only argument against is changes in format/compatibility as the computer industry (some of it anyway) is fond of making their new products incompatible with others and even their older products.
But even saying that, we are all still using jpegs etc...........how longs that been?
Besides its not that difficult to save a bunch of old stuff to a new format as and when and if the need arises.
Computer viruses aside, your photos are then safe from whatever damp, light, temperature, mould, critter-based issues that I am sure plague the storage of BW and/or colour slides.........
Or am I not seeing the bigger (35mm format) picture.....grin