Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:52 PM 1/13/01 -0800, you wrote: >For the members who are heavily into digital, how do you manage your media? >Does anyone still use magneto-optical media these days? Is that still the >most archival removable media? I think current CD-RW media doesn't provide >much more than a few years of safety for your digital images. I'm excited >about the digital revolution, but have to admit that I'm happy not to have >to worry too much about magnetic rays affecting my old K64 slides! > >Thanks, >Chris Hoover >San Diego, CA Chris - I save everything in Genuine Fractals and put it on CD's. I use the Kodak Gold CD's which are supposed to be pretty stable. I still keep all my slides on file so if anything happens to the digital, I can rescan. Now with the new 4000 dpi Nikon scanners coming out, I may be rescanning some favorite slides anyway! Tina Tina Manley, ASMP http://www.tinamanley.com