Digital BW, The Print

I've not read about CF card permanence but Sony Corp says MD
(minidisc) is more secure than CDs and DVDs. IF true, probably only as
long as Sony is the sole manufacturer.

There seem no virtue in reduction to postage stamp size...practical 
human scale and handling seems more appealing than continued
miniaturization. Consider the attractiveness (to some) of the
intentionally relatively large and very heavy Canon pro-1 and Olympus
8080), or the preference by many middle-aged photogs for cameras with
knobs as opposed to tiny buttons with squinty readouts. In many ways
the old Leicas and SLRs were better human designs than current digital
cameras.

I like a storage medium holds everything I need, that's about the size
of a Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. My current two external HDs add
up to about that size and capability. Presently they back each other
up, but as data accumulates I will cheaply add two more or replace
them with bigger capacities with no significant increase in desktop
(like two Websters instead of one)...until a better technology of the
same high convenience comes along.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Bob Frost"
<bob@f...> wrote:
> Djon,
> 
> Do you or anyone else know the potential life of images stored on CF or 
> similar cards? These are getting so big so quickly, that I could
imagine 
> them being storage devices in a few years - if the info is reasonably 
> permanent on them.
> 
> Bob Frost.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Djon" <westsidemaurice@y...>
> 
> 
> > Can you imagine how much data and on how small a storage media is
going
> > to exist even 5 years from now!
> 
> IMO the most promising device is Sony's Mini Disc, which is far more
> powerful than it was five years ago. It's said to be more archival
> than any CD.