Who says DVD(r) is any better than CD(r) for archival storage? JCO -----Original Message----- From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 9:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: 35 vs digi - Some points to ponder. (kind of OT now)
On 26 Aug 2004 at 9:10, Mick Maguire wrote: > For some reason I cant get excited about digital - maybe it's because > I have spent the past 20 years writing PC software. So why is this? Do you just not like the thought of having to spend more time in front of a monitor when post processing or is the analogue process somehow inherently more satisfying to you? > I do think that quite a few people > are going to be upset when in 5-10 years time they find they can't > read their CD/DVD image archives due to degradation of the medium / > heat damage / scratches / software and hardware compatibility. At > least I will have my prints and negs (for a while at least) I'll bet my digital archives out last my film archives long term however since I treat each media type with equal respect I guess I'll be fine in the next 10 years, I already have reliable 10 year old CD archives and I've just successfully migrated it all to DVD. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
