Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ever considered .mac (www.mac.com)? > From: <n.wajsman@chello.nl> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 12:41:06 +0200 > To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: Re: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 31: Digital Copenhagen > > Thanks, Richard! > > The archiving issue is one I have thought a lot about. Right now, my images > reside on the internal hard disk in the computer and a backup copy is on an > external Firewire hard disk which is only on when things are being written > to > it. Once I have enough data to fill a DVD I do another backup onto a DVD. > > Clearly, this a major issue, both from the point of view of physical > preservation of the images and perhaps more importantly, accessibility in > the > future. As far as I can tell, the development of reasonably permanent > standards should allow us to access our digital images in the future, > assuming > they are stored on good media. After all, I can still access an ASCII file > created 20 years ago, provided that whatever it is stored on is still > readable. > > Nathan >> >> van: Richard Ogden <richard@ogdenonline.co.uk> >> datum: 2004/08/03 di AM 10:33:02 MEST >> aan: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> onderwerp: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAW 31: Digital Copenhagen >> >> Nathan Wajsman wrote, in part: >>> I am posting this week's PAW with some trepidation, >> >> Hello Nathan, >> >> Having come to these directly after viewing the Magnum 'efforts' of >> Greece, I >> would say you have no call for trepidation whatsoever. Good work, >> especially >> the >> shot of your father. Make sure you have your archiving set up properly: no >> negative to fall back on now! >> >> Regards, >> Richard >> >> ************************************************* >> >> Richard Ogden >> >> www.ogdenonline.co.uk >> richard@ogdenonline.co.uk >> >> ************************************************* >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >