Of course the question comes to mind, if a digital file has an almost infinate data life, what difference does digital print life make?
--graywolf ------------------------------------------------- The optimist's cup is half full, The pessimist's is half empty, The wise man enjoys his drink. ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 8:39 PM Subject: Re: Points of Order > >> I know about Wilhelm, and it's the marketing people who are > > hyping print > >> longevity. When I see a 50+ year old ink jet print that > > hasn't faded, > >> I'll believe that they have reasonable longevity. Over the > > years many > >> scientists, engineers, designers, and manufacturers have made > >> innumerable claims, all based on then current knowledge and > > information, > >> and many of those claims have been proven wrong. > > > > And I still have properly stored colour prints that have faded > > in less than 10 years. The marketing people are hyping print > > longevity because of Wilhelm, not in spite of him. > > William Robb > > > > Yes, I'm afraid Shel and I disagree on this point rather strongly. I've > followed Henry Wilhelm's work for years (although I don't know him > personally), have read most of his book, and know a colleague of his quite > well. Wilhelm has at times been an almost lone voice agitating for print > longevity, fighting mendacity and resistance among the manufacturers and > apathy on the part of the public. In the early days of digital, Wilhelm was > a voiciferous and outspoken critic of the poor longevity of digital prints, > and a great and important advocate of better LE as an important property of > imaging systems. It isn't far from the truth to say that he singlehandedly > brought print longevity to the forefront as an issue in digital imaging, and > he has certainly improved the situation dramatically for the benefit of all > of us--and of posterity. > > IMHO the entire photographic community owes a considerable debt of gratitude > to this man. He is one of only small band of photo-technical people working > today who will deserve a place in the history of the medium. > > --Mike > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
