amen! exactly my purpose in obtaining a fire-proof safe.. I've just got to hope that the temperatures don't melt any film i do leave in it... I'm beggining to think that a sprinkler system in the basement would be a good idea....
----- Original Message ----- From: "T Rittenhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 1:08 PM Subject: Re: digital crashes > Let's see, some years back durning the eighty's depression while I was on > the road looking for work I left my negs and prints at my parents house > which burnt to the ground. I don't know those film negatives and prints just > don't seem archival enough for me. > > Ciao, > Graywolf > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Peter Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 12:18 PM > Subject: Re: digital crashes > > > > Only solution is multiple redundancy. Everything I can think of is > susceptible > > to damage. > > > > At 11:47 AM 2/17/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > >Just a quickie: > > > > > >I've just brought a fire safe for some of my more 'important' > negatives... > > >and it let me a 'trollish' thread thought: > > > > > >What happens to the digital shooter when their hard disk crashes? When > their > > >CD gets scratched? > > > > > >Why? As a professional IT dude (apologies - i'm a MUCH better > photographer), > > >I would have thought a big old DLT 70GB tape would do.. (i do a little > > >scanning once in a while) until I lost the tape drive, and several tapes > due > > >to physical errors.... Once someone can properly explain a SAFE solution > to > > >archiving, i'll pick up a d1, and maybe even use it over my 67ii :) > > > > > >Enjoy - Oliver > > >- > > >This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > >go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > >visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
