Posts by Lilith __
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
find your level…
Here's a bit of levity, then (not levitation) from City Mall
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to 3410,
Black and white prints should last for a couple of hundred years if properly stored
How do we know? The first ones aren’t that old yet. ;)
This is a good point. I assume clever technical people have done clever technical research. :-)
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Jackie Clark,
Use the "attachment" box under the comment box.
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Jonathan Ganley,
Digital is different, not better. Amongst other things film is significantly more archival than digital images so the record of the project will last for very many decades.
I think this is arguable. Digital files backed up and kept in a current format (and migrated if the standard changes) should suffer no change at all. Black and white prints should last for a couple of hundred years if properly stored, colour prints less than 25 years. Prints and negs are susceptible to mildew and fungal attack as well as scratches, dust and bruising. (Anyone else here tried to scan older negs or slides and found a nasty black fungus spotting them?)
Sounds like a great project, though. :-)
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to JacksonP,
Is it wrong that this makes me wildly happy?
Well, that depends if you think happiness is a good thing. ;-)
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Karen Crisp,
I wonder if there’s anywhere in NZ that makes Ilfochrome (formerly Cibachrome) images? And I wonder how digital images look printed via this process? The few Cibachromes I’ve got (made from transparencies) are startlingly deeper and more lifelike than regular prints.
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Karen Crisp,
Winding the film, exposing it, spooling it, developing, fixing, washing, sorting the negs, setting the enlarger, exposing the paper, developing, fixing, washing, hanging...such a long process with no guarantee you'll have anything much in the end, and so many things that can go wrong along the way. The surprise and delight when you do get something good; what a rush. I'm sure people will always do this, as people will always make woodcuts and engravings and lithographs, even though they've been superceded as means of mass reproduction. But I think the use of film and darkroom will continue to become rarer, and "real" prints will become a curiosity.
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to JacksonP,
Thanks Jackson. I had a vague idea there were adapters like that out there, but it's nice to hear of someone who actually uses one.
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Capture: Capture One, in reply to Karen Crisp,
film is making a comeback
I find darkrooms madly exciting. Even the nasty chemical fumes are madly exciting – they remind me of those magic times I’ve watched an image slowly appear and known it’s a good one.
Haven’t been in one in years, though…digital’s just too convenient.
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Ok here's something from Chch. Ballantynes at lunchtime.
