Thanks, Isaac! It's always nice to get an endorsement.
Hersch
At 10:10 AM 06/25/2001, you wrote:
Hersch Nitikman wrote:
>
> For all the concern about the lifetime of CDs, I have been scanning
my
> personal archives of slides and color negatives ranging mostly
from
> the past 30 years, with a few older. I have to say that most of
my
> 30-year old slides and negatives need Digital ROC (Restoration
of
> Color) very badly. Ed Hamrick's independent version in Vuescan
has
> done some remarkable things for me, turning slides that were very
much
> faded to a predominantly magenta image into very much more
believable
> ones. I would not count on slides and negatives to be truly
'archival'
> unless stored under 'archival' conditions, and maybe not even
then.
> Storing and renewing a digital image on quality media every few
years
> still seems like the best means now available.
> Hersch
This is an
interesting idea that doesn't get talked about as much. B&W
film has far better archival qualities than the color stuff. Many
people
lump "film" all into one group when obviously there are
differences
between films. Maybe digital is the best way to preserve accurate
colors...
