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01-08-2009, 01:02 PM   #11
Lowell Goudge
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Originally Posted by vinzer View Post
I'm just curious what you guys use to archive your old photos, how you intend to make them future-proof, etc.

All I have are two hard drives that contain the same photos. I have soured on DVD ever since I saw perfectly burned DVDs go kaput not even 5 years from the time of creation - I really don't want to burn an ever-increasing number of DVDs every couple of years or so. I'm looking to set-up a RAID system, but I thought that maybe with prices of SD cards going down, it'd be better to top off a couple of those and store them.

Share your own stories. We might be able to learn something new from one another.

On a related note, there are digital-to-film transfers for movies. Would you know if a similar service (or a DIY workaround) is available for still photos? I certainly would be interested to "analog-ize" my digital photos.
My process is as follows.

For Film, and slides, all are stored in archival quality pages, and have all been scanned with a 10MP Minolta Dimage II scanner (it was a 20,000 frame 5 year project)

For digital images, I burn DVDs when I get sufficient new shots for 1-2 more disks, and back up my images weakly using Laplink, which only overwrites modifications, and adds new files, so it is relatively quick, to a USB hard disk stored in a secure (and fireproof) location
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