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 best are manufactured by Taiyo Yuden & Mitsui. I hear that Fuji is making archival discs, though I have not tried them out...You can use this little program to identify where the CDR blanks were manufactured: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22912,00.asp Cheers Jayanand Govindaraj Chennai, India ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 3:01 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:NOW: SAVING DIGITAL IMges: > Richard offered kindly: > Subject: [Leica] Re:NOW: SAVING DIGITAL IMges: > > >> Ted, I know you like to keep it simple, but DO take some times to find >> out about the longevity CDs. The capsule summary is this: not all CDs are >> created equal and you cannot trust name brands, e.g. Sony branded CD >> absolutely does not mean anything either way. From my and other people's >> research, certain OEM brands such as Mitsui is much higher quality. There >> are others. I buy our stuff at www.cddimensions.com. No relation except >> that we buy about couple thousands CDs each year from them. >> >> That and shoot RAW with your 20D, you'd amazed how much flexibility it >> gives you :-)<<< > > Hi Richard, > Thank you as yer not alone in trying to get through to the old guy about > things digital to save my buns later on. > > I will look into the best CD type as you've suggested, simply because, > what's the point of going to the effort to burn material on cheap CD's > only to have the "cheaper" ones blank later on due to deterioration . I > mean if you're going to do something, do it right! Or, don't do it all! > > Now shooting RAW? > > I suppose my experience with shooting RAW on Digilux 2 was enough to put a > quick halt on shooting RAW! It was shoot one frame, wait a week, ( a > slight exaggeration) ;-) before you could shoot the next frame. :-) > > Tina and several others have been on my case to shoot in RAW now that I'm > playing with the 20D Canon. As it works extremely fast with no delay > unless you shoot multiple bursts. Not much of that these days. > > So I will make the effort to work in RAW mode and learn why it's better > under all circumstances. I just hope it doesn't entail more time in front > of the screen simply because my butt is getting out of shape as it is > without adding more... "CHAIR TIME!" ;-) :-) > > thanks again, > ted > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >