[Leica] "a few years" for digital pix + solving E-mail delivery

[bdcolen at earthlink.net (B. D. Colen)]

I wasn't being a  nit picker, Bob. The point is that your Leica dealer
was, to use the real world, lying to you. As you can see from the link I
sent you, the longevity now for certain Epson color prints is over 100
years, and it's also over 100 years for the new HP black and white
prints. And that is a far, far cry from "a few years." Any camera dealer
who claims otherwise isn't someone I'd trust to sell me a lens cap, let
alone a Leica.

If one wants to stick with film, that's the right choice for that
person. But the decision should be an informed one....

Best

B. D.

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Subject: [Leica] "a few years" for digital pix + solving E-mail delivery






    B.D. Colen properly asks how long a life for digital pix is "a few 
years." When I talked with a Wisconsin dealer on Thursday he mentioned
something 
like eight or 10 years vs over a hundred years so far for traditional
photos.    
    Because I was listening rather than taking notes I don't remember
the 
exact number but it was surely less than 10 years. He was talking about
both cd's 
and prints.
   You guys are really pick nitters; I purposely said "a few years"
rather 
than be more precise to avoid a correction. 
   As to some LUGers not receiving some e-mail messages, I'd check
whether 
you are using either McAfee or Norton programs, which can block certain
messages 
from getting through. I'd also check my pop-up blocker.
   Also, when I was having trouble receiving E-mail from a leading media

organization, I reported it to them and they worked it out within their
own 
organization and I don't know who else but now the e-mails are being
delivered. [To 
help correct the problem, I also sent the e-mail sender copies of
non-delivery 
messages I got on their stuff.]  I'd also check regularly in your Spam
file; 
some e-mail stuff often lands there. -- bob cole
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