I wonder if in the future would someone be able to recover images form a SD card left in Antarctica by some explorer of today....Film, even under not te optimal conditions has proven to be remarkably resilient ;)
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 9:17 AM, John Palcewski <palcewski@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
100-Year-Old Photographs of Doomed Expedition Discovered in Antarctica
by Alicia Eler on December 30, 2013
Some photographs are best left to be discovered decades after they were first exposed. Much like the work of Vivian Maier — whose images were found years after she said her goodbyes — a recent finding of 22 undeveloped cellulose nitrate negatives from a 1914-1917 Antarctic expedition reignites our wonder at the opportunity to glimpse a past thought lost.
This set of photographs captures Ross Island, McMurdo Sound, and Alexander Stevens, the expedition’s chief scientist. Ten men from that expedition, which was part of Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-1917 Ross Sea party, were stranded on the icy continent for nearly two years after their ship, the SY Aurora, broke loose during a gale and drifted out to sea. Three men would die, including the party’s photographer Arnold Patrick Spencer-Smith.
Whole photo-illustrated article here:
Yes. the SD card would have held up better. You would only need to know the pinout. It might take some time vs just having a neg but if these had been Color film they would be totally clear at this point. You aren't going to find any E process film in 100 years and see much unless its been properly stored in archival conditions.
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Pablo Coronel <pablo.coronel.70@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
