Sounds like you missed the discussion of CD longevity (or lack thereof)
from a few weeks back. If you're going to use CD's or DVD's you must
use the gold ones. Normal CD's and DVD's have a thin layer of aluminum
sputtered on the plastic which is then covered with a thin layer of
lacquer. Ultimately, water vapor and oxygen find their way through and
around the edges of the lacquer and oxidize the aluminum... thus also
oxidizing your image bits.
The gold stuff won't oxidize but you'll pay much more for them. But if
accelerated aging tests are to be believed 50-100 years life should be
expected.
<http://www.encoredataproducts.com/Gold-Archival-Gold-Media-p-1-c-344.html>
You can get a 5% discount here by using a discount code "TOP5" when
checking out your order. I found that on Mike Johnston's site but can't
seem to locate it again.
While looking for that I also found this interesting link which makes a
strong technical argument for the use of DVD+R media based on
significant improvements in error correction methods over other DVD
media types.
<http://adterrasperaspera.com/blog/2006/10/30/how-to-choose-cddvd-archival-media/>
Chuck Norcutt
Bruce Nolting wrote:
> I dunno - my chromes and slides have done a great job outlasting any cd's
> I've burned. So far it seems that the dependable lifespan of my stored cd's
> without any corrupted files is only 2 years, and I store them carefully. I
> have wonderful slides from 30 years ago that are every bit as bright as when
> they were new. And they're not even Kodachrome, they're E-6. Just my
> personal empirical observation, ymmv.
>
> Bruce
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tOM Trottier
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 8:01 AM
>> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [OM] Re: [lens] Re: OT - on returning to film
>>
>>
>>
>> Not so archival if colour.
>>
>> Happy New Year, tOM
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, January 03, 2007 at 7:34,
>> Rick Beckrich <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx> wrot
>>
>>> All - In case you missed it, there's a nice Pete Myers essay in
>>> Luminous-Landscape on why he has gone back to film (OK, with a
>>> L***a) after several years of working with digital. Here's a quote I
>>> love: (Obviously, 'cause I agree - and have done the same thing,
>>> 'though not as well.)
>>>
>>> "My photographic medium comes in a roll with thirty-six image
>>> sensors to a box. Each box also provides the user with a free,
>>> image-memory system - which is highly archival. And finally, the
>>> completed images don't even need to be viewed on a computer
>>> monitor at all - you can just view the images directly on a light
>>> table with a loop! Magic." Pete Myers, Santa Fe writing in
>>> Luminous-Landscape
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