R9 with DMR vs M8?

[adan]

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Johan: First - I'm not about to try and persuade you to go digital. If you like film and your M7 - go for it!

 

I do think most of your points, while identifying problems, seem to assume there is no solution to those problems - which is not the case.

 

"when I try to open some of my texts created 10 years ago...which proves sometimes impossible.....I do care not being able to open pics from an outdated file format in 5 years from now.

 

Yep - happened to me a few times. Now I make sure that everything (text and pictures) is stored in "open" formats rather than proprietary ones - .txt and .dng rather than Word or Appleworks and proprietary RAW formats. And I pay attention as changes come along and re-save copies if a format looks like disappearing.

 

"Besides, I don't necessary like to see what I'm shooting instantly on a tiny screen."

 

I turn off "instant review" on every camera I've used and only look at pictures after the shoot is over - editing in the camera is not a required part of digital photography.

 

"Files become more huge by the day."

 

And storage becomes more huge by the day. Anyway, I'll be sticking with 10Mpixels or thereabouts for quite a few years, regardless of what the "world" is doing. So my files won't become more huge until I want them to.

 

"And not a single manufacturer can guarantee you a perennial media today."

 

Absolutely correct - digital longevity lies in planning and process, not in physical "stuff". Copy the files to new media every 5 years or so, and have backups in the meantime. Something every bank and insurance company and government does to keep your life history alive as long as you and they need it.

 

"If you want to be assured your files won't slip away, you'll have to print them"

 

Not if one knows how to archive and secure digital data. But an additional backup never hurts.

 

"I don't feel very easy with the idea of having everything on electronic media — and I don't think I'm the only one around, do I ?"

 

Again - I was in that same boat. Then I sat down and had a long talk with the Technology Editor at the newspaper where I work - the (very) young woman in charge of (among other things) keeping our 500,000 digitally-stored (about 10 terabytes worth at last count) pictures alive and well.

 

We discussed media and backup strategies and triple-redundancy and off-site storage and "migrating" files to new formats and new media every few years. And, yes, making prints of the most 'critical' pictures, as yet another backup.

 

Now I feel very comfortable with the 'process'. I assume, even expect, my media may fail and my file formats may become obsolete - and have strategies in mind and in place ahead of time to handle these events when (not if) they occur.

 

Knowledge is what protects my pictures - not whether they are stored on magnetic disks or jelly-coated plastic.

[Guest stnami]

.... and in the end is the world keeping all the exposed film and all the digital images.... no some things will no longer be relevent or important and discarded

[JHAG]

@Andy : how much your wizardess will charge for a crash course of, say, 2 hours ?

[jackart]

Have You ever considered L1? Also DSLR and less noise than D2.

 

-jaak

[albertwang]

L1 baby! L1 for sure!

 

Of course, I got my OlyLeica working... I am putting in an order for the 35-70mm f4 zoom now.

[jackart]

L1 baby! L1 for sure!

 

Of course, I got my OlyLeica working... I am putting in an order for the 35-70mm f4 zoom now.

 

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