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Dec 2, 2015 17:54:33 #

burkphoto wrote:

YES. Fiber-based, ink-jet coated paper, and Epson Ultrachrome inks. Print your best images and store copies in the dark at 50% relative humidity and 65°F to 75°F.

For the digital images, store on multiple DVDs AND hard drives AND cloud accounts, if possible. When disk or storage formats change, copy from old formats to new ones. Keep digital media under the same conditions as prints. Stability of the environment counts a lot.

Thanks Bill.
I have learned so much from and really appreciate your posts here at UHH.

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Dec 2, 2015 14:54:29 #

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Archiving Photographs

rook2c4 wrote:

I do think your images of today will have a better chance of surviving the next 50 years if they exist in the form of physical prints rather than stored digital files.

Imagine decades from now someone comes across your external hard drive, dusts it off, plugs it in to see what's on it, and discovers it does not read properly. Or perhaps does not work at all. So then the hard drive is tossed into the trash. All of your images stored on the malfunctioning drive are lost forever.

Couldn't agree more. Just located a bunch of 35mm slides my late uncle took here in Alaska when he was gold mining. It was when they date stamped them when processing. They were Kodachrome dated from 1951 - 1960. Appear to be in excellent condition. I think going forward I will have my "got to have files" printed and put in albums. Am still checking on the best way to do this. (Archival paper and pigmented ink?)
This is a little pdf with some ideas.
http://www.marac.info/assets/documents/marac_technical_leaflet_9.pdf

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May 19, 2015 05:27:54 #

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No value to 35mm film cameras?

Try getting something for a 5 - 10 year old digital.

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Apr 22, 2015 14:12:32 #

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film photography

After using film for about 60 years I still have a hard time filing it in the "obsolete folder". About 5 years ago I bought a Nikon D-40 and have used it quite a bit since. Recently added a Canon S-110. My brother who had bought a Nikon F-2 new in '72 and had used it for all of those years "went digital" 10 years ago. "Look at all of the money you save from not buying film." In those 10 years he has probably bought at least 5 new digital cameras "they keep getting better you know". Not sure if he has realized the great savings yet. In the '80's I bought a Nikon R-10 super 8 and shot quite a few rolls of super 8. We still watch them maybe every couple of years. Not so with our betamax, VHS, 8mm etc videos. What are you going to play them on. I worry about our kids or grandkids being able to go back and look over old digital files as I am able to do with old slides. I just uncovered some old slides that my uncle took with his Leica on Kodachrome (back when they date stamped the slides when they processed them) that were date stamped 1951 -1960. They were perfect and a joy to look at. Not sure how to preserve the digital image over time, or are jpegs going to be the next Lotus PCX files. I totally see professional people totally going to the digital format as it produces fabulous results and they might not care if anyone wants to look at them in 10 years or not. I still have my TLR Rolleiflex 2.8f and Nikon f and f4, Canon f1 and Contax G1 and enjoy using them, but I do use my D40 a lot also. Just worry about long term viewing for future generations.

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