Which are better for archiving, digital or film cameras?

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Which are better for archiving, digital or film cameras?A friend of mine will not purchase a digital camera since they believe that film is superior to digital for long-term storage. I assumed that film was just as susceptible, if not more, to damage as digital storage devices such as CDs, memory cards, computer hard drives, etc.. However, digital storage allows for redundancies in the your storage (eg. print images, store on CD, and store on computer).

ya ali
it depends on usage of cameras to know which to use. even negative films get faded if not stored properly. unused roll if kept in normal temparature for more than 6 months do not produce good pictures.
the question is usage and choice. like how many snaps you want to take in an particular occassion.
film its always limited. digital good the count can be taken.
-digital is flexibility you can store the snaps you want rest delete. you can reuse the chip clearing it. etc.

conaddor
Digital is better than Film there is no doubt on that, heat will destroy film and not digital (as long as the heat is not able to melt the digital mem card computer ect ect) once the heat gets above a certain temp film pictures begin to break down.

As you said Archiving is much easier on a Digital also unless you friend does nothing but have theirs developed into slides which are handy but a PITA to use.

I have backed up all my pictures to CD/RW disks and just keep them handy not a problem and you can put 100s on those where as film/slides take up alot more space and require a climate controlled area for storage.

Hope this helps

antoni m
This is a funny question and i dont mean haha!

Firstly film if stored at -8 celcius it is rated to 100 to 200 years (depending on film)

So film is seperior to digital in the following areas - colour rendition and overall latitude.

digital images are from two sources a digital camera or a scanner - once film is scanned its digital!

so is it harder to store film at a set temperate for year and years? or to store zeros and ones?

digital is zeros and ones, they can be coppied exactly everytime.


So the answer is if your friend scans the images (film) on a quality Professional scanner then makes copies on to DVD say than copies those every few years they will last forever, unlike the film


so i think your friend knows films better (as those who know photography know) and is proberly just telling you that because it works or for other purposes.


your right storage wise digi is less susceptible to damage,

the differnece between film and digital is only 1 scan! (oh and film is better)


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