I knew someone who tested various brands of CD for longevity - by loading some
images and then hanging them on a clothes line out in the weather.The worst
barely lasted a month - Kodak Gold were still coughing up the images after a
year. Stored in a dark place, stable atmosphere, separated and little used,
decent quality discs should be good for long than I will be.
Andrew Fildes
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www.soultheft.com
Author/Publisher: The SLR Compendium - http://www.blurb.com/books/3732813
On 15/04/2013, at 9:00 PM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Just for the record, I've got some early backups from 2001, when I first
> started shooting again, copied to Staples brand CDs. Recently I had occasion
> to search one out and damned if it didn't load up just as pretty as you
> please. Surprised me, it did.
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