Hi.
Yes, it is the here today gone tomorrow fear with digital stuff that I'm most
worried about. I can rephotograph the stuff on conventional film and keep it
alive that way. I suppose that the muliple copies idea is the only way of doing
it safely. It was only recently that I thought about the long term issues of
digital archiving and its problems. I have around a hundred 10 x 8 inch sepia
copies from the first half of last century and they are very delicate. Sane
does really well in copying the sepia tone as a colour scan so I'm initially
going to scan them that way. Has anyone tackled a similar project?
Thanks and I hope that this is not too much off topic, Steve.
On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, you wrote:
> Well, CDs are probably better then 2 years if carefully stored, but even
> still that leave you with either regular migration every couple years or
> face lost pictures. With digital it is often the case that there is no
> loss then suddenly nothing, where as with normal pictures loss is slow.
>
> Black and white pictures on archival paper will lastt 500 years or
> more. color should never be considered more then 20 years.
>
> Digital media has not proven itself to last long, and it faces the danger
> of unrecoverable loss without notice. If you want to go to digital, make
> several copies, and store them in different places, and keep your copies
> fresh.
>
> For color prints much the same thing, though you can wait a little
> longer. Get quality prints, not nessicarly something a drug store can
> provide. Note that a printout is not the same as a photo, many printers
> give more then a few years before the ink fades.
>
> If you don't mind black and white, then archival paper needs only a little
> protection. (Face it, you care about your grandpa, but not your great 6
> times grandpa, so you don't even need the best protection) Just keep the
> prints from flood, fire, chemicals (A few older photo albums), and light
> (except when viewing) and you should have a photo for life. I'd make
> extra copies while I'm at it, but there is no need for re-coping.
>
> If I were a betting man I'd put money on you wanting to preserve color
> photographs in color. In that case there is no solution that we trust to
> last. At least not without budgets like Bill Gates.
>
> On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, SCC wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone.
> >
> > I want to scan some old family photos before they disintegrate completely. I
> > read somewhere that recordable cd's only have a life of around 2 years. Does
> > anyone have any advice on keeping permanent photo archives?
> >
> > Thanks, Steve.
> >
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