Re: paleonet Digital photography again

[Frank Holterhoff <frank@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is anything known about the long-term archival properties of digital
print paper vs.conventional photo paper?  Couldn't you just as easily
look at digital prints in a photo album, assuming the kind of resolution
we've been discussing?

F

Raul Esperante wrote:

> The same happened with video records: we satarted with 8mm video over
> 25 years ago, then it turn to Super 8, then to the video cassettes
> (Beta, VHS). Latter the S-VHS, and then... I do not remember the name
> of all formats. The point is that the older systems not only are
> useless, but also imposible to view. Simply, there is no maker that
> makes a machine that works with Super *. So people had to kepp
> upgrading their records and transform them to the new version, when
> doing so was posible. Thu, thousands of records have been lost for
> science.
>
>
> I myself am a beliver and user of diagital cameras, but just the other
> day a coleague told me that he is turning to the old-fashion
> photographs, so that he will always be able to open the photo album
> and see the images, without worring about loosing his pictures for not
> upgrading their recording format. That's not a bad idea.
>
> Raul