Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jsynard. ?How do you use XQD cards in the WD thing??External card reader? Frank Filippone?Red735i at Verizon.net On?Monday, December 10, 2018,?Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG?<lug at leica-users.org>?wrote: Brian, I would be very interested if you do update your presentation Frank's gizmo could be very useful for backups during safaris/photographic trips, provided you are using only SD cards. It is not particularly useful for me, because for my wildlife trips I use XQD cards as my primary card. I use two WD My Passport Wireless Pro as my primary backup devices on trips, as I generally do not carry a laptop with me. At present, I change storage HDDs (external and internal) every 3 years or so Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 12:50 AM Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > I would never trust SD cards or any other flash memory to keep data > longer than a year or two. > I know how they work inside, and the storage mechanism is very delicate, > sensitive to background radiation and random perturbations of the > universe. > > I did a presentation at NYLUG about 10 years ago about preserving > electronic images. I probably ought to update it to reflect current > technology, but the bottom line is that if you want to keep an image in > perpetuity you should print it on good paper and keep the print away > from light. If you want accurate preservation of color you should print > RGB separations in archival black ink. > > Everything electronic requires that you copy from an older medium to a > newer medium every 5 years or so. Or every year in the case of > SD/flash/SSD. > > _______________________________________________ > 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