Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The new technology will probably be Sony's blue DVD with about 25 GB per disc. This should be out in 2005 sometime although there is another consortium with another technology with about 12GB per disc. I am not sure what will drive this technology into the mainstream unless the movie studios think that selling one DVD with the whole trilogy with extra added bonus material makes sense for them. Despite the cheap price of hard drives, I must admit that less than $1 per 4GB to store images on DVD makes sense to me. Don dorysrus@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:17 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] WAS: Ice hockey shots, NOW: SAVING DIGITAL IMges: I will be the first to admit the Kyle The Mad sold me on this philosophy. He told me a while back - I think shortly after he went to his Leica D100, that he wasn't deleting ANYTHING. At first I thought he was totally insane, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that he was 100% correct. Keep in mind though, Ted, that if and when CD technology changes, you will have to copy stuff over to the new technology. In fact, you should check on the estimated longevity for the CD's and copy them BEFORE you get to that point. B. D. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Ted Grant Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:11 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: [Leica] WAS: Ice hockey shots, NOW: SAVING DIGITAL IMges: B. D. Colen offered: > If I may interject two thoughts here - > 1. After making that first cut - and after waiting - file ALL the > negs; 2. Same goes for digital. Save EVERYTHING that is not grossly > under or over exposed, blurred beyond hope, or similarly out of focus. > > If people would treat digital files with the same slavish respect they > show their negatives, the future of digital images wouldn't be in > doubt. Yes, you will have to update media and restore them from time > to time. But so what. Just save the same things, and re-save them > every so often. It's neither rocket science nor particularly heaving > lifting.<<<<<<< Tina Manley added: >>That's why I never delete anything unless it is totally unsalvageable. Digital storage space is cheap! Of course, I may never get the time to go back and look at those in the "maybe" category, but at least they'll be there if I want to review them from the nursing home in twenty years or so!<<<< Hi Tina & B.D., Hey folks I'm a slow learner. ;-) But your messages are ringing clearly through the ear acoustic enhancers. Besides my grandson has now taught me how to burn stuff to CD's quickly without a lot of fussing, so instead of deleting secondary images to keep the hard drive cleaned off, now I can load all the so-so 2nd cut photos to a CD for a look later. And as you point out it's no big deal to burn another CD when time moves on. thanks, ted _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information