Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Try these guys right now (a great resource for inkjet stuff too, and run by photographers) http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/index.html http://www.tssphoto.com/sp/dg/kodak_cd.html Tim A > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Henning J. > Wulff > Sent: January 14, 2001 7:33 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Archival of digital images > > > At 5:41 PM -0700 1/14/01, Steve Barbour wrote: > >Thanks Henning...so the specific Kodak type is called what... > and where do > >you find the cheapest price? Thanks Steve > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Henning J. Wulff" <henningw@archiphoto.com> > >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > >Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2001 2:32 PM > >Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Archival of digital images > > > > > >> I've had a CD writer for quite a number of years (I'm on my third one > >> now) and I've seen the media prices go from $20 to less than $.50. > >> I've had good media, bad media, media that could only be read in > >> certain drives etc. The only stuff that has worked consistently well > >> is gold surfaced media. > >> > >> Unfortunately, the only media that I've seen that always has a gold > >> surface is Kodak's, and it usually costs 2-4x what the cheapest > >> costs. But it seems really inexpensive compared with buying a stack > >> of 50 or 100 CD's that don't verify properly, or cause other problems. > >> > >> I also recently ran into another problem. I bought some Maxell CD-R > >> 700Mb which say on the box 'Branded Gold Surface'. However, the > >> actual color is blue-green, which in my experience is usually the > >> worst. They seem to work OK at present, but I'm not putting anything > >> on them that I want to see in 25 years. > >> > > > I'm going to stick to Kodak media from now on. > > I've only seen gold Kodak disks, and I don't know if they sell any > other kind. Here in Vancouver the best price tends to be around $1.50 > CDN. Once in a while someone has them on sale for just over a dollar, > and sometimes I can't find any for less than $1.75. > > -- > * Henning J. Wulff > /|\ Wulff Photography & Design > /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com > |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com