RE: OT: corrupted .NEF files
Maybe I'm just a little paranoid right now, BUT - in my search for applications to recover image files I encountered many tools that were created for the purpose of recovering corrupted data on Compact Flash cards. Apparently there are problems in that area as well. So back-up, back-up often, and use multiple devices. That is the way to go. I wish someone would invent a device that could convert digital captures to images and save them safely onto 35mm film. Now THAT would be nice! ;-D -----Original Message----- From: Dan Burkholder [mailto:fdanb@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 6:18 AM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: RE: OT: corrupted .NEF files Hey Keith, Here's wishing you the best with your file recovery. About storing images while on the road. As Camden said, redundancy is a very comforting thing. If you don't want to schlep a laptop around, then you need to think of another way to achieve that level of safety. Two of the "digital wallets" might be one way to go. Though I travel with a laptop, I often opt to leave it at the hotel (or wherever I'm staying) during the day shooting time. With one set of images on the laptop and one on a portable media reader in the camera bag, I'm covered whether I get mugged on the streets or if the laptop gets stolen at hotel. The good news is that Compact Flash is getting so cheap that soon we'll only have to have ONE backup as we'll be able to keep the images on card until our return home. The local Fry's has had good 4GB cards on sale as low as $49 so you can see where that's going. Hope this helps! Dan Keith Gerling wrote on 11/7/06, 4:13 PM: > How do other digital photographers store images while on the road? Is > there > really any other safe options other than burning CDs? -- www.DanBurkholder.com www.TinyTutorials.com
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