Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric: What brand of CD has that kind of archival life? I need to buy some CDs and would like to buy them. Thanks, Ted - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Welch" <eric@jphotog.com> To: "Leicalist" <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Film is Archival > on 06/21/03 8:27 PM, Spencer Cheng at spencer@aotera.org wrote: > > > > TIFF and JPEG (/JPEG-2000) maybe fine for 10-20 years but beyond that I > > would be surprised. Proprietary formats (like Photoshop) has a very > > indeterminate life time. > > With billions of files being created every year in those formats, you can > bet they will remain readable for years to come. And I suspect there is > little reason to improve on Tiff any time soon. Loseless is what counts. > JPEG will evolve. But like I said, they're way too important in terms of > volume to become unreadable. > > > CD and DVD medium has limited shelf life as does film though B&W > > emulsion has very good durability given decent conditions. > > There are CDs now that cost less than $2 apiece whish have 200 year archival > lives. I'm sure DVDs will follow. > > > garbage dump long before. I would be very surprised if you will be able > > to buy a 3.5" floppy drive for a Mac in 10 years. > > Okay by me, I haven't used a floppy in five years. > > > Note that my basic question is not fundamentally a technical one. The > > basic question is how to "select" images that will be treated to last > > 50 years? I can't. Can anyone? Now if one don't care, than any > > digital/analog medium will do. :-) > > A good eye for editing and being liberal in what you keep? :-) > > Eric Welch > Carlsbad, CA > http://www.jphotog.com > > All I need is my brains, my eyes and my personality, for better or for > worse. > > -William Albert Allard, The Photographic Essay > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html