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Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: OT: Digital image volatility
> In a message dated 1/19/01 5:37:43 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << Of course, whether people do this or not is the question,
and I do
> suspect, and it pains me to agree with Mafud <G> that there
will be an
> incredible amount of lost images caused by failure of people
to jump ahead
> with their image storage. >>
>
> Do you have thoughts on:
> 1) How many people (percentage wise) of those who own
digicameras/computers
> actually save their images (Do they just store them on their
hard drives or
> on some exotic media)?
I don't consider a hard drive to be "saving". The nature of the
beast is transitory. Right now, CD is the way to go for
permanent storage. I don't know a lot of people with CD burners.
I bet the % is pretty miniscule.
> 2) Do more of a (percentage wise) of digicamera/computer
owners take pains to
> correctly store images than people without computers?
Negatives come back from the lab in pretty good storage media.
After that, it's just keep em dry and at comfortable temperature
for reasonable stability. Lets say 95% do OK or better, and
maybe 5% actually go to some effort (this is amateurs, not
professionals, who I expect to be at 100%) Digital camera
owners? I dunno, I doubt very many do anything more than dump em
on the hard drive.
> 3) Of the digicamera folks who own digital cameras but *no*
computer, how
> will they transfer or keep their images current if their
images are only on
> proprietary memory cards?
I think the two pretty much go hand in hand. Let me ask you: How
many digicam owners don't own a computer?
> 4) How will those with just memory cards fare?
10 years. I bet there is a little lithioid battery in there
keeping them alive. Battery life of a lithioid is about 10
years.
William Robb
>
> Mafud
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