Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/06/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Film is Archival
From: "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@charter.net>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 22:54:27 -0700
References: <BB1A7D34.8CCB%eric@jphotog.com> <001001c33879$5fb6ce40$fbfea8c0@DHHZSZ11> <2147483647.1056234077@cambric.reid.org>

Thanks for this information, Brian.

Ted
- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Film is Archival


>
>
> > What brand of CD has that kind of archival life?  I need to buy some CDs
and
> > would like to buy them.
>
> TDK CD-R74P is guaranteed to last 100 years. I'm not sure (a) how they
tested that, or (b) how they will make good on the guarantee.
>
> The MitsuiQ-MIT-CD70 CD-R offers a 200-year guarantee; see
>    <http://www.inkjetart.com/mitsui/>
>
> AABC Canada has this to say about media lifetime:
>
<http://aabc.bc.ca/aabc/newsletter/11_3/bc_archival_preservation_service.htm
>
>
> Here's a good essay about media longevity:
>    <http://www.deadmedia.org/notes/18/188.html>
>
> I've used Kodak Gold CD-R's for archival storage, but, as the Mitsui
website gleefully points out, Kodak stopped making them last year.
>
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In reply to: Message from Eric Welch <eric@jphotog.com> (Re: [Leica] Film is Archival)
Message from "Ted Bayer" <tedbayer@charter.net> (Re: [Leica] Film is Archival)
Message from Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> (Re: [Leica] Film is Archival)