Re: How to digitize precious photos?

In article <R_D_e.24753$Fh4.16284@trndny03>, jeremy@xxxxxxxxxx says...
> <PunishSpammers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message >
> > I mentioned in another thread of a friend who had slides and CDs that got
> > wet in New Orleans. Many slides survived and many CDs did not. About
> > 50/50 overall. Hopefully by having both he has managed to save a lot of
> > precious photos. Maybe watertight storage is a good idea.
>
> I keep mine in a bank safe deposit box. That is the limit of how far I'll
> go to protect my image files. If we get nuked, well, I guess I might have
> to do without my pics . . .
>
> Kodak recommends the Master and Derivative Disk concept: A master disk is
> made up, for the sole purpose of being used to make derivative "working"
> copies. You keep that master disk in the safe location, and you don't touch
> it ever, unless your derivative copies become damaged and require
> replacement. You can make, and use, as many derivative disks as you
> require. If you're really determined to preserve your images, there are two
> additional steps to take:
>
> 1: Give copies of your disks to relatives that live distant from you, for
> safekeeping. (You can reciprocate by acting as safe storage for THEM)
>
> 2: Make one additional "Master Disk" and store it at home, never to be
> touched unless your derivative disks require replacement. Do all work from
> your derivatives. If you ever need to replace a derivative, you make one
> from your on-site Master Disk. If, for some reason, your on-site master is
> unusable, THEN you go to your safe deposit box and retrieve your "Original
> Master Disk," make the necessary copies, and replace that Original Master
> right back into the safe deposit box.
>
> I doubt that most people will be as fanatical as to use the above scenario,
> but it IS possible to maximize the chances that your digital assets will be
> preserved. Just plan on migrating those disks to newer file formats and the
> latest type storage media every decade or so. I still haven't figured out
> what to do about migration by future generations. If the cycle stops at any
> point in the future, it may be difficult or impossible for any subsequent
> generations to retrieve the images down the road.
>
> But, "All Things Must Pass . . ." Even so, I do believe that a lot of
> digital photos WILL survive into the future--perhaps more of them than did
> the number of old photographs that we now have from years past. Not because
> the preservation techniques are so great, but because of the potential to
> clone the images and deposit them at multiple locations. Some of them have
> just got to survive, no?
>
>
>
I think you are right on this as long as the trasnfers get better and
better. So far in audio we have lost a lot of data on older digital
recordings. Many factors here but lets just call if fade, bits are gone,
high end suffers, etc.
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