I burn everything on DVD. I use any name brand, makes no difference
because I backup everything every two years. Most name brand DVD’s
last over five years and cost less then 50 cent each.
My workflow is to dump everything on the hardrive from the camera.
Filter and delete what I don’t want. Then I dump a copy of the
“pics to keep” on a secondary hardrive (in case one false). At the
end of the year I burn two copies of the same Dvd and label it with
the year and the year it needs to be reburned (one copy stays at
home the other goes to work, in case of fire). If I need more then
one DVD I simply label them: 1 of 2 (2006), reburn in 2008. So in
two years when it’s time to burn a new DVD I will check to see
which DVD’s need to be rebruned.
I find this work flow to be flexible with the upcoming technology
and cheep on the long run. If the media becomes more stable I will
simply reburn them less often. If the media’s size grows then I
will simply consolidate several DVD’s/years together.
Oh, I keep all dvd’s in single case per each DVD to prevent them
from scratching.
. . . . . I need to think about "re-burning" as an alternative. My
initial impression is that (for me) it would be fraught with other
problems . . like forgetting to do it. And, my kids want me to
leave them my photo files and gear when it's time. Then what ?
