Mike wrote:
In article .com,
"Scott W" wrote:

So far from personal experiance this is what I have seen.
Digital images have lasted the best,
next is prints.
next slides
last negatives.

We've had digital photography available to consumers for how long, 12
years? You're going to try to tell us that you've seen prints, slides,
and negatives deteriorate in that short period of time???? Where were
you storing them -- inside your oven or your microwave?

This has to be among your most bizarre statements yet.

I have had negatives fad in just a few years, less then 5, agfa print
film in even less.
I have had slide grow mold.
Prints do better but still are subject to some slow fading.

I have yet to lose a digital file and of course none of them have faded
at all so even if a
print only fades 1% a year the digital is still ahead.

Scott