On Jun 14, 2013, at 7:22 AM, YGelmanPhoto wrote:
Not that I would use my information as a guideline, but I have glass negatives made by my great-grandfather in the 1880’s to 1915. You can see prints from them on fineartamerica.com under my name in the Pre-WW1 section I also have Kodachromes made by my father from 1945-1963 and they are fine. He shot with a Leica, Retina IIa, and Nikon S and I just wish he had learned to use a tripod a bit earlier. He had a really nice aluminum Star-D which mostly hung on the wall of his office. Personally I think you are overreacting. I have a dozen or so HD’s which start up whenever I want, to say nothing of hundreds of CD’s and DVD’s. I accessed a CD from 1995 yesterday. Every time I fill up a drive I put it on the shelf in my vault in a Tupperware box as backup. So far there are eight. If you think there is a good brand to avoid, I think that is fiction. They all break down. My most consistent drives are from LaCie, but also WD is good and so is Hitachi. I have just had two G-Raid drives fails with about 6TB of files and that’s not every funny. Art Faul The Artist Formerly Known as Prints ------ Stills That Move: http://www.artfaul.com Greens: http://www.inkjetprince.com Camera Works - The Washington Post . |
