Dear OM Photographers and Film Afficionados:
The digital rush is beginning to concern me. As a beginner, I want to believe
that film-based analog systems have a serious edge over filmless digital both
in terms of ultimate performance (interpret as you wish here) and in terms of
durability of media.
Is there any sense on the list as to the niches that the ongoing lemming rush
is likely to leave for silver-dependent analog photography? Any thoughts as to
whether there might be a market for film-based analog picture preservation?
Aren't the all-digital folks out there opening themselves to massive data loss
due to improper printing and storage techniques, improper digital data storage
techniques, improper analog-to-digital transfers and loss of original analog
media, and overdependence on a handful of consumer electronics corporations for
continued access to their original or converted digital data (while the
accumulated analog knowledge and production capability are being thrown away by
a handful of short-sighted corporate executives organized in a circular firing
squad)?
Also, how would you plan for the future if you were a diehard B&W 35mm
photographer wishing to go on taking, developing, and printing stuff the
old-fashioned way? What ought to be bought and stored in a sub-zero vault? How
long can such supplies last under ideal conditions?
Could recruiting the owner of the Corbis/Bettman archive help further the cause
of film and analog forever?
Phil
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