[Leica] Image storage

[crbirchenhall at googlemail.com (Christopher Birchenhall)]

I have to say all the chatter about DVD/CD failure is of some concern,
not that I have any direct experience of CD/DVD failure. Lots of
expereince of hard drive failure (both internal and external). At the
same time, I have some 30yo slides that scanned and printed nicely! I
still use lots of film but the physical storage is not trivial! A
mixed model is best for me - some of this (film) and some of that
(digital) is my approach.

Chris B

On 05/06/07, G Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Tina is absolutely right mentioning that negs and slides still require 
> care.
> However, let's check that list against a digital archive (hard drives and 
> DVDS):
> mildew, hmm prolonged exposure to moisture won't worry hard drives or 
> DVDs, MUCH
> insects, OK only software bugs might be a problem
> heat see mildew
> fading no gradual fade, just all there or not at all
> floods?
> fires?
> Tornados?
> earthquakes?
>
> My vote for keeping your analog originals and scanned archive on HDDs. 
> Hard to fault Brian's methods there. Now if someone would
> visit and actually ORGANISE my backlog, I might end up with a useful 
> archive. As a practical matter here, my old stuff was very
> casually stored in a warm and humid climate. Away from light at least. I 
> have a few 30 yr old prints that are fine (especially
> Cibachromes), BW negs that some are decent and some deteriorated 
> (reticulation), slides with some fading, some much better. I wish I
> had a scanner then as well.
>
> Cheers
> Hoppy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+hoppyman=bigpond.net.au@leica-users.org [mailto:lug- 07 
> 18:22
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Image storage
>
> Ah but John lives in Bath - not much of any of these potential
> disasters there!
> Frank
>
> On 4 Jun, 2007, at 22:13, Tina Manley wrote:
>
> > At 04:54 PM 6/4/2007, you wrote:
> >> Dear Phil,
> >>
> >> I just cut them into strips six frames long, slide them into
> >> transparent
> >> pages and put them into a ring binder.  So far no problems with
> >> hard disc
> >> crashes!  I don't understand your concern!
> >>
> >> John
> >
> > You might want to check those negatives every year or so to be sure
> > that they are not being attacked by mildew, insects, heat or just
> > normal fading (which digital files are not subject to).  And what
> > about floods, fires, tornados, earthquakes? Nothing is permanent ;-)
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > Tina Manley
> > ASMP, NPPA, EP, PI
> > http://www.tinamanley.com
> >
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