[OM] Archiving Digital Images - was Re: Oh yeah, now I remember

[Jeff Keller]

The local imaging companies use 30MB files to store 35mm drum 
scans (and are using DVDs to transfer scans). A roll of film creates 
a need for over 1GB versus 2 plastic sheets holding 20 slides each. 
The Raw file from an E-1 takes about 10MB which doesn't have 
as much resolution as film. Long term it would seem necessary to 
budget about 20-40MB per image.

Having spent most of the summer fighting an erratic disk failure each
time I tried to put a 250GB hard drive in my computer. I'm not 
too keen to store images on two different hard drives and then transfer 
all of that to the next generation (EIDE -> SATA or whatever) when
the computer needs to be replaced..

Has anyone found a good way to archive digital images? It seems
that the only reasonable choices are DVD or hard drives. I suppose
file compression could reduce the needs(?) but I don't see anything
comparable to a file cabinet full of plastic sheets ... ???
If film scanners become obsolete maybe the file cabinet will become
a major headache ... ???
TIA
-jeff
(whose digital bit bucket seems to have a leak)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AG Schnozz" <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [OM] Oh yeah, now I remember


> 
> Should I invest in a nice used 4000dpi (or greater) scanner
> (with Digital ICE) and continue to shoot Velvia for a while?  As
> much as I want to go digital the results from film still are
> worthy of my attention.  I know my scanner is leaving tons of
> details still on the slides. (especially in dynamic range).
> 
> 
> AG
> 

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