Posted January 1, 2016
Digital Images Survive in an Analog World
BY Geoffrey Karr
Camera prints, film, and slides ability to survive is pretty high thanks to the physical nature of their materials. Keeping in mind that photography only began in the 1820's, we may find that digital photography could be even more durable.
I loved reading this story about a DSLR that spent a year at the bottom of a bay. Not only was the diver able to retrieve images, but he also found the owner of the camera and images using a social network.
A bit more disconcerting is this story of a woman who finds a family photo in Ikea that she posted to her blog. Ikea bought the image from a stock photography company. I was unable to find a follow-up to this story. Most likely the stock photography company paid their base rate for a stock photo if there's no copyright infringement.
My conclusion: Make sure you erase that SD card really well before you sell off an old camera.