4th March 2014, 10:58 AM
Tool quite right: http://www.ilfordphoto.com/applications/page.asp?n=90
And theres plenty of bw film for sale.
http://www.ilfordphoto.com/wheretobuy/bu...online.asp
I took bw pictures along side colour because I was told that it was more stable for storage. Wessex seem to ignore this reason and basically say as there is no colour film they are going over to digital as a replacement and in the process stopping taking bw. They also seem to say that digital is just as good as an archive as film but don't say how.
What I would suggest is that digital is different to film -not a replacement. Although we still use permatrace (how much longer will it be produced) and context sheets at some point the non artefact archive, presumably in the near future will be dominated by digital. The information they want on the image is part of the register. Their policy document should include their whole use of digital and possibly they should say a little more about its archiving. The biggest thing about archiving is that all this data does not have to be held in your local museum which purely on grounds of preservation of the record by creating multiple copies held in as many places makes its chance of survival more likely and takes a burden away from the local museum.
And theres plenty of bw film for sale.
http://www.ilfordphoto.com/wheretobuy/bu...online.asp
I took bw pictures along side colour because I was told that it was more stable for storage. Wessex seem to ignore this reason and basically say as there is no colour film they are going over to digital as a replacement and in the process stopping taking bw. They also seem to say that digital is just as good as an archive as film but don't say how.
What I would suggest is that digital is different to film -not a replacement. Although we still use permatrace (how much longer will it be produced) and context sheets at some point the non artefact archive, presumably in the near future will be dominated by digital. The information they want on the image is part of the register. Their policy document should include their whole use of digital and possibly they should say a little more about its archiving. The biggest thing about archiving is that all this data does not have to be held in your local museum which purely on grounds of preservation of the record by creating multiple copies held in as many places makes its chance of survival more likely and takes a burden away from the local museum.