27th February 2014, 09:12 PM
(This post was last modified: 27th February 2014, 09:21 PM by Wax.)
Since I invested in a digital SLR my photographic skills have greatly improved I can afford to experiment as I do not have to spend money on the materials needed to develop and print film. I can look at each of those wonky shots and think how I might be able to do it better and even experiment there and then.
Whether digital will eventually make film redundant as the archaeological archiving medium is still open.
You can always print the really good images using high quality inks and paper.
however I think the medium is evolving too quickly for it to be the default for the archive unless data migration policies are built in. There is a real risk of data being unreadable in a few years. How many of you still have a working cassette player? I do but all the tapes are b.......
Whether digital will eventually make film redundant as the archaeological archiving medium is still open.
You can always print the really good images using high quality inks and paper.
however I think the medium is evolving too quickly for it to be the default for the archive unless data migration policies are built in. There is a real risk of data being unreadable in a few years. How many of you still have a working cassette player? I do but all the tapes are b.......