On Jul 30, 2005, at 10:53 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
When I read about what people are doing to secure their digitized and
digital files I realize that I could never do all that on a regular
basis.
I really don't do much to "secure" my digital imagery that I don't
just do as a matter of course in backing up my computer data. All my
financial records, notes, writings, etc are just as valuable to me. I
back the whole thing of them up on a regular basis, the photos go
along for the ride.
Film just comes back from the lab or my kitchen, gets sleeved in
any one of
a couple of ways, and the sleeved film is just put into an envelope
with
the pic info written on it. Then i just throw 'em into a file cabinet
where they remain until i want them for some reason. Worst case
scenario
is that I thumb through a few envelopes.
I have thousands of negatives like that. Just stuffed into pages and
crammed into corners, boxes, etc. Have no idea where to find
anything. With my digital images, I can find anything out of
everything in a matter of moments.
This digital thing is no time or money saver for me.
I'm not going to reenter that debate. However, I know from my records
over the past decade that film and processing were costing me upwards
of $1500-2000 per year, and that money now goes into improvements
elsewhere in my photography.
Y'know what I miss about having my pics on a CD, DVD, or HDD? I miss
holding the negs up to the light to see what they look like.
Nostalgia.
I just connect up an archive HD, pick a random selection from
whatever year/batch I want to skim, and tell the computer to give me
a slide show. If want to sit in the living room, I login via the
wireless network... My computers are *always* running anyway ... they
have a lot of work to do all the time.
Godfrey
