I don't make copy negatives of any film. I'm in the process of transferring all my slides from cardboard to metal boxes, but even so they will remain at home. If there's a fire, goodbye to them. I have it in mind to scan the most important of them, but realistically that may never happen.
1. Not yet. I haven't taken enough digital photos to warrant this yet. I only have one large disk for photos. I am thinking about my strategy for the future. There are 3 options for the future that I'm thinking about: 1. use a commercial backup service. There are a few around which are specifically intended for photographers. Pro: easy, guaranteed backups. Con: Expensive 2. keep a backup here at home. Pro: cheap, easy. Con: no offsite copy 3. Buddy up with someone else, such as one of my brothers. Pro: cheap, reliable, long term, offsite. Con: a bit more difficult to implement. I quite like the 3rd option. With this one we would provide each other with an internet-facing drive in the other's home and backup across the internet overnight. -- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 February 2007 04:06 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Poll - Your Backup Copies? > > Yeah, I am back, couldn't stay away. :-) > > I was talking with some people today about fire. Several > condos here over > the years have been gutted by fires. Made me think I should > get a safety > deposit box and copy my digital photos to DVD and put them in > it. When I think of > fire the first thing that springs to mind is what a shame it > would be to lose > all my photos. But I've been negligent about it. > > And, although, this has been discussed some before, it made > me think of a > poll -- I am curious how many others are negligent like me -- so... > > > This could apply to film as well as digital, but digital is > probably easier > (we'll find out). > > 1. Do you have a location in which you put backup copies of your > JPG/DNG/RAWs (etc.), negatives, and/or prints? Is it a > location other than your home, in > case of fire or disaster? > > > > 2. If, so, is it a safety deposit box? Or is it a fire-proof > strong box at > home? Or something else? > > > > 3. How often do you do make backup copies to safely store > away? Do you have > some sort of backup schedule or is it sort of hit and miss? > > > > Anything else about backing up copies that you want to add... > > > > Marnie aka Doe :-) > > <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> Check > out free AOL at > http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive > set of free > safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality > videos from across the > web, free AOL Mail and much more. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
