using images in 50 years

Posted Apr 22, 2005 6:48 UTC (Fri) by tousavelo (guest, #27022)
In reply to: that was slow... by khim
Parent article: Nikon's photo encryption reported broken (News.com)

The point about using the images in 50 years is pretty interesting.

In my eyes, processing a raw image file and creating e.g. a tiff or jpg image is just like bringing your roll of film to the lab and having it developped in some chemistry. Chemical processing is a one-shot non-repeatable process. Digital processing can be repeated "infinitely" in the short term but I am not sure if it will be possible/convenient in 50 (or even 15) years.

When I archive my picture, I make sure that I keep both a .jpg image and the original raw image. It makes me feel that I have a version that will be handily exploitable in the future.

My 2cts
Olivier - Tousavelo