[mou] Digiscoping discussion

[Bernard P. Friel]

     All of the above, CDs, DVDs, external hard drives, and external
automatic backup hard drives..... and prayer.
     I just had 1.25 terabytes of external hard drive crash. At considerable
expense I was able to recover 750 GB which was all original digital images,
but the cost of recovery of the 500GB was prohibitive. Thankfully all of
those were from scans of transparencies so the images are not lost and I did
have most of them on CDs or DVDs. However some of those scans were not
readable on my IMAC G5 or MAC BOOK PRO, but were readable on IMAC G4 and an
earlier  MAC laptop. It seems that with every technological gain there is a
technological loss, and a further example is that my first scanner is not
compatible with my G5 so I must scan to my G4 and to my G5 through a network
connection
-- 
Bernard P. Friel
Web Page - http://www.wampy.com  ;  http://www.agpix.com/bernardpfriel

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From: Gail Wieberdink <wieber64 at comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:42:53 -0600
To: MOU <mou-net at moumn.org>
Subject: Re: [mou] Digiscoping discussion

I really want to thank everyone for all the really good information that has
been shared on this topic!  I spent a lot of time thinking about going to a
digital SLR camera but in the end decided against it.  The posts here have
made me feel even more strongly that for myself, that was the right
decision.  I have a 5.1 megapixel point and shoot camera with a 12X zoom.  I
have an additional 1.7 telephoto lens attachment and a close-up lens.  For
the most part, I've been pretty satisfied with what I have.  I have a few
framed 8 x 10's hanging on the walls, but generally, I print very few photos
but instead enjoy looking at them on the computer.   My camera equipment is
pretty light so it is not a burden to take along on bird hikes.
 
With so many photographers going digital these days, what do you find is the
best way/place to store the images?  I've  used both CDs and DVDs and have
thought about getting a portable hard drive.  But all these things seem to
have a life span and perhaps soon CDs and DVDs will be obsolete.  So, what
do all you photographers do with your digital images to preserve/protect
them?
 
Gail 
 
Gail Wieberdink
wieber64 at comcast.net
 
 


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