I have just visited the Metropolitan Museum in New York, where we were allowed to use cameras without flash for any exhibit. Ivy Trott. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Warr" <snw@absamail.co.za> To: <SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:16 AM Subject: [South-Africa-Cape-Town] Restrictions on Digital Cameras at Archives??? > Good Day All > I know that many on the list are also subscribed to other South African Lists and might have seen the posting by Delia Robertson on the rumour that the Pretoria Archives might be about to ban the use of digital cameras. It is important that we discuss this issue amongst ourselves so that we can come up with some kind of standpoint before it becomes official. We as genealogists are dedicated users of Archival facilities and must go out of our way to preserve the material from wear and tear but when a non destructive method of copying a document (without a flash if the experts feel that it might damage material in the long term) is about to be banned then I think we should put our heads together and talk about it. > Regards > Sharon Warr > > View 1800s SOUTH AFRICAN PASSENGER LISTS at http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/DataArchive.htm > SCRIBES PUBLISHING for Colonial Books on CD - visit http://www.sagenealogy.co.za/Scribes.htm > > > ==== SOUTH-AFRICA-CAPE-TOWN Mailing List ==== > FamilyTree.co.za.......it's the place to hang out and do your Family Tree > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >