Why we still microfilm

People are surprised that we still run a camera room. Film in a cold store has a predicted life of five hundred years and needs a lens and a light to read. I have yet to meet a file format with that specification.

Desmond will tell you, at length, about the target card that goes at the head of every reel: client, contract, reel number, reduction ratio, density, resolution. The headers are typed in two weights so a reading machine can find the field boundaries.