Ken Norton wrote:
>
> >>>We will never know the limits of digital technology, in the pass 20
> >years the films only improved very little (has the resolution improved
> >by two or three times?). But how about the computer and storage device?>>
>
> I'd say that the resolution and color accuracy HAS improved 2-3x over the
> past 20 years. In chromes, the improvement has been slow due to the
> superior quality that we've had with Fuji 50 and K25/64. But it sure is
> nice to beable to get similar resolution and quality in a 200 speed film as
> we did in a 50/64 speed film.
>
> How about print film? Fuji Super-G 800 is awesome. The wedding films of
> today are fantastic. How about T-Max? That isn't any slouch.
>
> Fact is, we are living in an awesome time where the films are no longer the
> limiting factors in our creative efforts. Kodak, Fuji, Agfa and Ilford are
> regularily introducing new films that keep improving and pushing the
> technological envelope.
>
> One question I have, is storage of digital pictures. Negatives and slides
> are extremely cheep, small and have long life spans. When will digital
> beable to beat that? CD-ROMS? I don't think so--not with today's
> technology. True archival storage will remain in the analog domain for some
> time yet.
>
> Ken N.
Yes, Ken, I agree with you, with present's technologies film is still
much better than digital in terms of quality and price. But I just want
to point out that, the digital image developed very fast, just like the
computer, speed and capacity has increased more than a hundred times in
20 years (with the same price level). Digital camera has just entered
the consumer market for two to three years, so what will happen 5 to 10
years later? I expect the consumer grade digital camera will be around
US200 with over 1500 lines of resolution, the memory card can be
"process" at mini-lab for 1 hr (or even less) prints.
Concerning the storage, here a 650MB CD-ROM cost only 1.5US. It can
store 100 images with PCD format or JPEG compressed images. I think it
can last for over 50 years, what is the price for each image? The best
thing is it will not distort as film with fading. I know someone may say
there probably no device for you to retrive the CD-ROM information as
technologies changes. But you can transfer the images to newer storage
medias when they come and I think at that time the capacity will be ten
times or hundred times the existing one.
C.H.Ling
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