Just happened to be scanning (glancing through) the current CostCo
magazine, and found the following statement on their Photo Processing Page:
"Costco's Gold CD-R should keep your photos safe for 300 years, while
other CD-Rs may start to deteriorate in as little as two years".
I'm not making any comment or drawing a conclusion, just reporting what
they say.
I believe that when you have color negatives developed and printed at
CostCo, a Gold CD-R costs an extra $2.95 and includes photo editing and
management software.
On line they also offer a service where you can upload pictures for
printing, and also upload pictures for transfer to a "Gold CD-R". I've used
the service and did see the software on it.
Their on-line service is provided by SnapFish. When you order processing,
you can select Kodak and get overnight service, as compared to the half-hour
in-store processing. The advantage of Kodak processing is that you get back
a CD with 3 sizes of each image on it.
Not making a recommendation since folks on this list are mostly into MF
film, which doesn't have any general source for instant processing other
than some of the custom labs.
DAW
