Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Don has described my own method almost exactly. All my digital files reside initially on the regular (built-in) HD of my computer. Every weekend I copy that previous week's stuff to an external hard disc (I am on my second 250 GB unit now) but leave them on the primary HD also. When there is enough on the primary HD, I burn a DVD and then delete the files from the primary HD to free up the space. So every image exists both on the external HD and on a DVD. As technology moves along, I will just migrate to whatever the new media are. Nathan Don Dory wrote: > All, > Disk space is cheap, DVD's are even cheaper. I scan at 3600 dpi and 16 > bit, clean up dust and scratches then save as a TIFF. From there I do > whatever modifications seem appropriate and save that as a different > file in TIFF mode. > > When I get 20 or 30 gigabytes I burn some DVD's then clean the hard > drive. > Remember, I always have the original negative or slide as the ultimate > backup. > > Currently, I am moving my collection of CD's to DVD's. I expect that > when the Blue Ray standard stabilizes I will migrate to that. > > Archiving for me is pretty simple, I have proof sheets of all the discs > and proof sheets attached to the discs filed by date and or subject. > > For those of you in the entirely digital world, I would probably do the > external hard drive routine as well using a data base program to find > images. > > Remember the mantra, storage is cheap, redundant copies are a good > strategy, storage in conditions you find comfortable but a lot dimmer is > also a good thing. > > Enjoy the process. > > Don > dorysrus@mindspring.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf > Of Scott McLoughlin > Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 7:08 AM > To: Leica Users Group > Subject: Re: [Leica] Some new Leica photos ... > > I have the same problem with tiff files of large hi res scans. A 4000 > DPI scan > saved as a 14 bit (Nikon V) Grayscale TIFF is something like 41MB per > frame. > A roll of film is over 1GB and won't even archive to a CD, perhaps a > more > serious issue for me than HD space (although, that too quickly becomes > an > issue). > > Different applications have different problems with TIFF lossless > compression > schemes (zip, lzw), so that doesn't present itself as a viable option. > > What's worse, though, is that JPEG is 8 bit, so I loose alot of > information > before even JPEG compression kicks in. > > The whole thing is odd to me, I recall the days of PCX, and we've come a > > long > way since then. But why isnt' there a universally supported lossless > compressed > format that supports 16 bit gs and 48 bit color? Really wierd to me. > > What do other folks do to archive hi rez scans of rolls of film? > > Scott > > SonC@aol.com wrote: > > >>Hmmm. I don't save in TIFF as it takes up too much real estate on my >>drives. I save as high quality jpeg, usually around 300 ppi (Negs, of > > course get a > >>much higher ppi). >> >>Then if I edit the shot, I save it as another name , preserving the > > original > >>scan. Jpeg gets lossy if you save it over and over, so always edit a >>duplicate of the original scan. >> >>I also do any unsharp masking after the resizing and before I "save > > for > >>web," remembering to tick the box "save icc profile." >> >> >>Regards, >>Sonny >>http://www.sonc.com >>Natchitoches, Louisiana >>Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane >>?galit?, libert?, crawfish >> >> >> >>In a message dated 4/26/2005 11:41:28 P.M. Central Daylight Time, >>nathan.wajsman@planet.nl writes: >>Jay, >> >>You should always scan at the maximum optical resolution of your > > scanner > >>and save the images as 16-bit TIFF files. Do all your corrections and >>sizing at this level, and then downsize for web display as the very > > last > >>step. >> >>Nathan >> >>Jay wrote: >> >> >> >> >>>This is definitely a newbie question - what res/dpi do you scan your > > 35mm > >>>negs for maximum effectiveness? >>>File size is not an issue. >>> >>>Jay Ignaszewski >>> >>> >> >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Nathan Wajsman Almere, The Netherlands General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com