Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry: I've been thinking about this since Sonny's message earlier today. I've had problems with 18+ months old, but unused, Epson 2200 ink cartridges being rejected when inserted into my 2200. So, I'm wondering if the flash memory in them is more volatile than I had previously thought. If so, then perhaps images won't last long enough in SD/CF cards to be all that useful for long term back-up. But what do I know, I went to art school. :-) Jim, "No longer storing more than two cartridges of each color of ink" Hemenway Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > On May 3, 2007, at 10:48 AM, lug-request@leica-users.org wrote: > >> On 5/3/07, Leonard Taupier <len-1@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> >>> Larry, >>> >>> It may be worse then that. One of my son's older friends was given a >>> Nikon D50 when his old Pentax bit the dust. He only looks at the >>> photos on the little camera LCD. When the card finally gets full of >>> images, he just buys a new card. >> >> >> >> Actually, I've considered that as a manner of archiving back-up, >> since cards >> are getting so cheap. >> >> You could put each one in a slide sheet, and mark it as to dat, then >> file. You can get about 500 jpegs or 180 raw on a 2 gig card. That's >> still way cheaper than film. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny > > > > Interesting idea. Chips cost less than $20/GB these days. That's the > cost of about 3 rolls of film. Does anyone have an idea how long a > filled flash chip will retain images? > > Larry Z > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >