TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

That's because runs of USB longer than the spec affect the timing and can cause data corruption, but it's not the same thing. There are no checksums and parity protection in peripheral interfaces like USB such as there are with TCP/IP over wide area networks. Apples and Oranges...

There are potential data errors in all areas of computing including DRAM, storage and even CPUs (cosmic rays can flip a bit) - that's what data integrity schemes such as checksums and parity are designed to protect against. The average user never sees the 1 in 10<-25 bit errors because except in cases such as peripheral interfaces, they are caught and corrected.

Blenheim Orange Loc: Michigan

Thanks for this and for all of your informed posts on tech matters. Much appreciated.



Mike

nikonbrain Loc: Crystal River Florida

The Apple or mac is running on a 1 terabyte Samsung SSD in bay 1 , files are being written to a 1 terabyte drive in the 3rd bay and backed up on a 3 terabyte external backup plus , in the second bay a SSD is running time machine . The 3 terabyte backup plus is also being shared by the PC when in use , when the PC it is running it is using a 1 terabyte samsung SSD . I will also be installing another SSD in the PC for back up of files . Each of my customers carry 2 terabyte portable drives and all new work of theirs is saved on their drives as they are created . There have been other sites like Atmos online is shutting down , Iron mountain is shutting down in 2 years ,Vaultscape is also closed ,And Cirtas has announced it is leaving the market . I believe Shutterbug also had cloud storage and had to shut it down ....all because of Amazon and other large companies market grab and a few others . As Local Mom and Pop camera stores have closed down I have been buying a lot of photo gear at Amazon and also have a Prime membership . I still buy my Cameras and lenses from Nikonusa . Just lately a close friend told me about a Mom and Pop Camera store about 50 miles south from me in Crystal river , Florida Pasco Camera exchange , I just bought a Nikon 200-500mm F5.6 E VR , and 2 weeks later another friend bought the same lens down there . I just like trying something before buying it... Sorry I got off track..

Jeffers

I use OneDrive and have never had a problem with my images. You can get a free Terabyte of storage for each of up to six family users by subscribing to Office 365 ($99/yr). Mine and my wife's computers are linked to OneDrive and our phones have OneDrive Online. But I don't count on the cloud for long term storage. We back up our OneDrives regularly from the computer to multiple external drives.
Fair warning about OneDrive. Once you learn it, it's wonderful. But Microsoft's support for personal OneDrive isn't good. So if you go with it, always back your stuff up. And know that if you inadvertantly trash something, you have 30 days to recover it.

chapjohn Loc: Tigard, Oregon

My experience is the same as DavidM describes.

All the information for the RAW or jpeg is stored by Amazon and is not lost when downloaded.

anotherview Loc: California

Yes, how has the change isolated itself only to sharpness? A filter somewhere in the communication could introduce this effect.

cygone Loc: Boston

You've got a slow internet connection and you're not waiting for load. But what do I know.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

Thanks so much for the kind words Mike, I do appreciate it.

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

You’re not off track at all. Amazon is busy gobbling up the world. And you’re also correct in that mom and pop cloud companies are going the way of mom and pop camera stores (sadly). There are probably 100-200 cloud providers in the US, but only 4 or 5 I’d recommend - Amazon (who owns as much of the cloud storage market as the next 4-5 providers combined), Microsoft, Google, Apple and IBM.

On the subject of mom and pop photo stores, we are really lucky in Raleigh to have two such stores that are alive and well. Southeastern Camera has a huge selection of both new and used equipment and is staffed by working pros. They pay fair prices for used and charge fair prices as well. How’s that for an off-topic plug for a local store?

Cheers

srt101fan

I'll second Mike's comments and the "thumbs up"!

TriX Loc: Raleigh, NC

And thank you also 😸!

Cheers

David Taylor

Some seriously misinformed, illogical, guesses going on here.

srt101fan

It would appear that way. But also some very credible answers from knowledgeable folks....

David Taylor

In a shocking minority, across five pages....

Micdaro

I just don't understand why people want to store there images to a off site service a specialty a free service. I think your just asking for trouble. Just my thought.