Archival Photo Storage Cd-r's

[thomas_kolbo]

About the third week of September, Fuji announced a new CD-r storage

media called PhotoDisc which is a 80 min. 700 Mb 48x disc with a new

or derivative dye and made on a black substrate instead of the clear

polycarbonate. The claim is that it's longevity is up to ten times

that of their regular cd-r's and by the name is designed for photo

storage.

 

I first saw this post on Photo-i, a UK site and then elsewhere. If

one does a search for the product, you will only find it listed on UK

and Canadian sites as "Fujifilm PhotoDisc Cd-r" or Fuji Cd-r for

Photo, with a product ID of P10DCRCA13A which I assume is a box of

ten Cd-r's.

 

Has anyone seen this posted or found it in the USA? Seems like we

are stuck with our normal junk here with the exception of a new

product from Delkin called Archival Gold which is a gold covered CD-r

with what they clain is an archival life of 300 yrs.

 

Anyway, I'm hoping someone knows about the Fuji product. Thanks

 

TDK

[rmi]

The gold "archival" CDs are avialable at numerous places:

 

http://store.mam-a-store.com/standard---archive-gold.html

 

http://www.pictureline.com/computers/media/mitsui.html

 

http://www.datamediastore.com/mamicd7452xg.html

 

http://www.inkjetart.com/mitsui/index.html

 

http://www.mediasupply.com/cd-r-media-mam-a.html

[thomas_kolbo]

Yes, the Archival Gold is not hard to find and can be ordered from Delkin directly as well. Fuji is another story.

[adam_kern]

What's the storage life of a normal CD-R?

[steve_unsworth1]

Adam, I don't know but I've had some fail after three years.

[john_h.1]

Remember those days when people used film? Didn't that stuff keep for decades?

[bob_lazzarini]

CDs?<br>

While the info so far provided here is very useful...<br>

With the size and quantity of my photo images, DVDs are a vital necessity, where as CDs are looking more like floppies in relatve size capacity.<br>

Does anyone know of the life span of DVDs, and which ones are best for archiving photos?<br>

Cheers!<p>

[bill_tuthill]

It would be a reasonable (but not necessarily valid) assumption

that the dyes used in CDRs have similar longevity when used in DVDs.

First I heard over the Internet, and then encountered people I know,

who have had Mitsui=>MAM-A gold CDRs fail, probably due to faded dye.

It would be instructive to find out what type of money-back guarantee

you get on their 300 year claim.

[stevierose]

<a href="http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-6462-743">Newly published government study on CD/DVD longevity</a>

[stevierose]

Let's try that again:<p>

 

<a href="http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-6462-7431">Newly published government study on CD/DVD longevity</a>

[bill_tuthill]

Thanks Steve! That late 2004 NIST paper clearly shows that

"Silver + Gold, Phthalocyanine" (Mitsui MAM-A?) is the most durable

in both high temperature/humidity and continuous metal-halide light.

Only one "Silver, metal-stabilized Cyanine" (Taiyo-Yuden?) was tested

and it was OK in light but poor in temperature/humidity. Super Azo

performed the worst, as did most (but not all) Silver Phthalocyanine.