Re: filmscanners: Film base deterioration (was Digital Shortcomings)

["Robert Kehl" <bobkehl@kvernkehl.com>]

Yeah Tony,

 

 that was news to me, too. 

 

 I was under the misassumption that film was the best archival medium around.  Perhaps CD's or other backed up digital storage is best, if for no other reason than you can copy it forward without any loss before your digital media's (CD, tape, etc) archival life expires.

 

BK

----- Original Message -----

From: Hersch Nitikman

To: filmscanners@halftone.co.uk

Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:41 PM

Subject: Re: filmscanners: Film base deterioration (was Digital Shortcomings)

Thanks very much, Tony. That was quite an education. I guess that has to be factored into the discussions of the merits of CD-R archives vs relying on the permanence of the original negatives and slides.
Hersch