[LRflex] Re: Breathing easier, now.

  • From: Miha Golobic <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 01:19:52 +0100

David wrote:
*There's a lot to be said, for old negatives, kept in a dark, dry place!
Why, just 10 months ago, I had a lovely 16x20" print made from a 1973
Agfachrome. I sometimes wonder if I'll be able to do the same for a nearly
40 year old digital image!*
**
And 40 years later you would still be able to scan those slides with then
latest technology! And our digital files (or formats) if left alone will
probably be junk in 40 years :-(

David, I hope all turns out OK for you.

Miha




2009/2/5 Guilherme Malheiro <malheiro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Hi Philippe
>
> Next week I will start backing up all my files on blue ray.
> Let's see what happens!:_)
>
> Regards
>
> Guilherme
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Philippe AMARD" <philippe.amard@xxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 9:36 PM
> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LRflex] Re: Breathing easier, now.
>
>
> I now have my files on three separate HDs and on two platforms,
>> progressively in three formats (RAW, DNG and JPEG) and I'm starting on the
>> DVDs tomorrow, time permitting.
>>
>> 40 years from now? My kids will have dumped all my junk for sure, which
>> makes me laugh sometimes.
>> Next will be transfering all the video tapes I shot when they were younger
>> - this they might keep.
>> Amitiés
>> Philippe
>>
>>
>> David Young wrote:
>>
>> At 04/02/2009, you wrote:
>>>
>>> David
>>>>
>>>> Your experience is scary. At best I rely on two copies (HD and DVD). I
>>>> see no easy solution.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris, Philippe:
>>>
>>> Easy, no.  But it can be done!
>>>
>>> Personally, I would be fearful, of having just two... even more fearful
>>> of having one of them a hard-drive, for they hold a whole LOT of photos...
>>> and if it dies, you could lose years worth of photos!  At least with DVDs,
>>> you only lose two to three hundred.
>>>
>>> As you might imagine, I am now in the process of reading all my old discs
>>> and checking to see if they're OK.  So far, so good. :-)
>>>
>>> There's a lot to be said, for old negatives, kept in a dark, dry place!
>>> Why, just 10 months ago, I had a lovely 16x20" print made from a 1973
>>> Agfachrome. I sometimes wonder if I'll be able to do the same for a nearly
>>> 40 year old digital image!
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> David Young,
>>> Logan Lake, CANADA
>>>
>>> Limited Edition Prints at: www.furnfeather.net
>>> Personal Web-site at: www.main.furnfeather.net
>>>
>>>
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