On 26 Aug 2004 at 9:10, Mick Maguire wrote: > For some reason I cant get excited about digital - maybe it's because I have > spent the past 20 years writing PC software.
So why is this? Do you just not like the thought of having to spend more time in front of a monitor when post processing or is the analogue process somehow inherently more satisfying to you? > I do think that quite a few people > are going to be upset when in 5-10 years time they find they can't read their > CD/DVD image archives due to degradation of the medium / heat damage / scratches > / software and hardware compatibility. At least I will have my prints and negs > (for a while at least) I'll bet my digital archives out last my film archives long term however since I treat each media type with equal respect I guess I'll be fine in the next 10 years, I already have reliable 10 year old CD archives and I've just successfully migrated it all to DVD. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
