Digital BW, The Print

John...My plan is to re-burn every 75 years!!  Why take chances!!! ;-

Delkin has a website.

You make a good point about cost.  I know there are some CDs that 
have decent archival capabilities that are less expensive than the 
Delkin product...Best, Val

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "john dean" 
<deanwork2003@y...> wrote:
> 
> Val,
> 
> Where does one buy such cd's? Mitsui also makes a gold cd that is 
rated at 
> around 200 yrs. The Verbatim Data Plus  is what I use now. It has 
a special 
> dye layer that allows a guarantee of 100yrs and is a fraction of 
the cost of 
> these gold cds. I burn special things with the gold cds as a 
backup and never 
> use them. Cd's also wear out the more you use them. Of course we 
won't be 
> around to have these cd's replaced. And in 100 years this 
technology will look 
> like the very ancient stone age. My plan is to copy over my cd's 
every 100 
> years or so. I hope my burner holds out.
> 
> John
> > 
> > Digital prints made with archival materials (inks, paper) should 
> > last as long as traditional prints.  Regarding files, Delkin 
Devices 
> > makes a CD-R called eFilm Archival Gold that they claim has a 
300-
> > year life span.  So I don't think that longevity of digital 
> > photography is an issue.
> > 
> > Val   
> >