25th June 2009, 10:10 PM
There isn't any problem with the digital media. I think the problem is one of hardware comapatibility.
I will say this .... every national nespaper has now gone over to digital photography. These are businesses that make lots of dosh out of selling on and maintaining commercially viable photgraphic archives. It strikes me that if professional archive services are happy with digital media then archaeologists need to bite the bullet...but having attended the digital media session at TAG last year and raised this point, I know that aint gonna happen soon.
So whilst I regret losing kodachrome, I hope its demise will push archaeology closer to accepting digital photgraphs for archive purposes....
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...
I will say this .... every national nespaper has now gone over to digital photography. These are businesses that make lots of dosh out of selling on and maintaining commercially viable photgraphic archives. It strikes me that if professional archive services are happy with digital media then archaeologists need to bite the bullet...but having attended the digital media session at TAG last year and raised this point, I know that aint gonna happen soon.
So whilst I regret losing kodachrome, I hope its demise will push archaeology closer to accepting digital photgraphs for archive purposes....
With peace and consolation hath dismist, And calm of mind all passion spent...