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digitising
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A hard drive in a computer is a much bigger version of a CD and could become unreliable after 7-10 years (So I believe) Mine was about 9 so I have had my desk top hard drive changed for a solid state drive. It runs cooler and quicker and has far less false starts than the old hard drive. So a memory stick may be a far better option. |
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Archiving colour film
Negatives are worth archiving as well as slides. The colleague I mentioned above asked me whether Negative Lab Pro (at $99) is any better than Photoshop > Adjust >Invert. I have no idea. Any observations?
Forgive me for introducing D*** but one storage medium wouldn't exist without the other. On the other hand I read that some museums are archiving original colour stills and movies as three-colour B&W separations. |
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The Brooklyn Historical Society has a very well thought out document describing its archival practice for various media. Along with a lot of other relevant and interesting material, it can be found here.
In about 2003 I started to scan all my negatives and transparencies, storing the files on DVDs (I feel that optical storage sounds more reliable than magnetic storage). Apart from one disastrous brand of writeable DVD (Commodore), my files are all readable with simple equipment. I have other image files that can be stored in the same manner. Like Jonathan, I hope that this post is not rocking the boat in terms of what we may say in FADU. |
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Lots of food for thought from everyone - thank you, as ever much appreciated
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I remember one of the leading UK Museums revealing their problem with ten or twelve inch floppy discs. They had opted to put all their info. onto them.
A few years after loading everything onto them they found out no one was making the disks or players anymore, and they could not get a company to repair the existing players. Screwed. A bit late now but... The recommendation years ago was to store negatives and slides in metal cabinets. Away from chemicals and fumes. Also some paints and plastics could give off harmful fumes, as could wood. Obviously a dry atmosphere was a must. Old photography manuals will have information on safe storage. Including cleaning slides etc. |
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