I'm having a bit of a clean out and I've got several sets of commercial astronomy slides on the shelf - the ones that Astrovisuals used to sell. There are some lovely pics there, quite a few by David Malin but also NASA, but what to do with them now everythings gone digital? Ditch them? Keep them as a curiosity for the future? I'm going to get my personal ones scanned but since these sets are commercial ones I'm wondering what I can do with them.
I'd definitely keep them. Slides are always good to flick through on occasions when you stumble upon them. They always look good.
I also don't fully trust digital storage (even though I completely rely upon it) so it's nice to have slides that won't get affected by the odd power spike, virus or EM burst sometime in the future.
I think it's just a case of finding a safe & compact way to store them so they aren't clutter. I still have all mine in filing cabinets and 4-ring files. If I had a set lying around like you have there I'd probably just buy an extra couple of sheets for the filing cabinet and put them in there with the rest.
Ditch them? Keep them as a curiosity for the future? I'm going to get my personal ones scanned but since these sets are commercial ones I'm wondering what I can do with them.
