Put your images into industry-standard formats (TIFF, JPEG, DNG) and archive the files. Upgrade the storage medium as the medium is improved by copying the files. Hard drives are the current standard storage medium.
These formats will be around for many many years. You don't have to worry about software and drivers. Or, make five excellent prints of all your best work and delete all the original files. This means that everything you have is as good as a film image and print was. Godfrey On Apr 3, 2008, at 8:04 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > You also need to keep the software and drivers too. (I'd like to > think > I'm just paranoid...) > > AlunFoto wrote: >> At the agency where I work, we received roughly a TB of documentation >> last year. Loads of DVDs and CDs. >> >> We've had important documentation on DVDs corrupted in less than 2 >> years, and there's far much more money involved with these documents >> than with any photo. >> >> So we regard discs as transport media only. >> >> Privately, I tend to think the same way. I use DVDs as a second-stage >> disaster recovery backup, and make sure to keep the DVD unit used to >> produce the backup together with the discs. I don't wish to run the >> risk of subtle incompatibilities between different devices. And yes, >> I've seen that happen at work. I have even seen differences among DVD >> players/recorders from the same mfg. and same production run (similar >> serial numbers). >> >> Backup is, at its basest, a continuous and iterative process. >>> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
