how to future-proof your digital photos?
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Safest place is not in the clouds but beyond The Gate so that photos can be accessed posthumously.
Digital files, yes.
Storage medias, no.
In fact, compare to prints, film, digital files can be duplicate many copies and generations without quality lost. It makes sense to archive prints and films into digital files.
Interestingly, assuming one has the means to store it properly, film can be considered 'future-proof' as it is not dependent on technologies/formats that change so fast.
Recall hearing at a workshop that US motion picture companies, even if the film was shot entirely in digital, they still transfer to film negatives for archival purposes.
But impractical for most of us. Our best bet is probably to contend with using redundancy (multiple digital copies), regular backups, saved in non-proprietary formats. Making prints wouldn't hurt.
Interesting read: http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-e...will-todays-digital-movies-exist-in-100-years
Good to read about 'digital decay' or 'data rot' as well.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/preventing-digital-decay/
Some tips here: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/
Recall hearing at a workshop that US motion picture companies, even if the film was shot entirely in digital, they still transfer to film negatives for archival purposes.
But impractical for most of us. Our best bet is probably to contend with using redundancy (multiple digital copies), regular backups, saved in non-proprietary formats. Making prints wouldn't hurt.
Interesting read: http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-e...will-todays-digital-movies-exist-in-100-years
Good to read about 'digital decay' or 'data rot' as well.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/preventing-digital-decay/
Some tips here: http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/personalarchiving/
you are quite right, Ben.
i hv quite a lot of negatives, some of them has got some fungus growth alr.
intend to scan with my old Nikon coolscan but can't find the compatible software for the scanner for the present day OS.
2 set of offline HDDs in rotation with a 4 Drives NAS in Raid 5. I am not into CLOUD. Too damn slow to upload and download even with fiber optic.
actually, don't have to think too far off and complicated,
your photos, whatever photos, will be come public domain 50 years after you past on.
and 99.9% of the photos, nobody will be interested to keep them except you (unless you are a great artist), so most of the photos, it will be gone in anyway, soon or later.
beside, even it is in digital form, there will be a cost and effort to archive them.
it is better to curb your photos ruthlessly now, before it get out of hands during your life time, or become a burden of your descendants.
your photos, whatever photos, will be come public domain 50 years after you past on.
and 99.9% of the photos, nobody will be interested to keep them except you (unless you are a great artist), so most of the photos, it will be gone in anyway, soon or later.
beside, even it is in digital form, there will be a cost and effort to archive them.
it is better to curb your photos ruthlessly now, before it get out of hands during your life time, or become a burden of your descendants.
u r so right .... i think my grand children will nvr bother to see my photo 50yrs from now. so i guess it can laat only 20yrs for my next 1 generation only.
Sion
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That's what Singapore Museum is for.
If you are important enough your photos will be preserved there for generations to view.
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