Another great reason for using film!

An unusual find of exposed and unprocessed film from a hundred years ago was handed to a specialist in recovery and restoration. Through a complex process of physical handling and digital image manipulation, some images from this find have been retrieved. Because of this, all film is far superior to digital capture.

My response: Utter nonsense, and not worth the hot air to argue about. Believe what you want to believe. Belief does not constitute fact.

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The skill of the conservator was all in the physical handling, the digital scanning was done because this was nitrate film which has a low flash point and is auto catalytic, which means it doesn't need oxygen to burn (it burns underwater)

It is a fact film is easier to conserve long term than digital, mainly because it is physical and not hidden on a carrier.

So if you choose to believe or not Godfrey, this really did happen and does constitute a fact-film is easier to preserve in these cases, it is cheaper for long term as well.

It is a strawman to say that 'all film is superior to digital capture' you're the only person to suggest that, but what is a fact is film being physical is easier to store long term and damage to the images easier to repair (even if you have to do that digitally)
 
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