Storage for 35 mm slides, 2" x 2" (Page 2): Depends how important the data is to you. One could consider the actual slide as a hard copy backup in a different medium stored possibly...

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

CamB wrote:

I too scanned thousands of slides and thousands of negatives, both black and white and color. Except for a few special projects all the now scanned stuff, went in the garbage. What would I ever keep it all for? It’s all backed up and backed up again and much is now shared or at least shareable. I will never scan or even look at the originals again. I scanned them so I could get rid of them. What would be the point of continuing to store them?

Depends how important the data is to you. One could consider the actual slide as a hard copy backup in a different medium stored possibly off site if you wish, for the chance your computer gets stolen, damaged, or lost somehow, let's say in a fire.

cfbudd Loc: Atlanta, Georgia

CamB wrote:

I too scanned thousands of slides and thousands of negatives, both black and white and color. Except for a few special projects all the now scanned stuff, went in the garbage. What would I ever keep it all for? It’s all backed up and backed up again and much is now shared or at least shareable. I will never scan or even look at the originals again. I scanned them so I could get rid of them. What would be the point of continuing to store them?

I too have scanned a lifetime (I'm 87) of slides and negatives. And I would never dream of getting rid of them. I have no idea what technology holds for the future. When I took the slides, I never dreamed they would someday be digitized. My heirs can decide. (They have already opined that they plan to keep them.)

Why? Because they are the originals. Irreplaceable.

srt101fan

CamB wrote:

I too scanned thousands of slides and thousands of negatives, both black and white and color. Except for a few special projects all the now scanned stuff, went in the garbage. What would I ever keep it all for? It’s all backed up and backed up again and much is now shared or at least shareable. I will never scan or even look at the originals again. I scanned them so I could get rid of them. What would be the point of continuing to store them?

I agree with you. I see no reason to hang on to scanned slides and negatives, especially if you're an old guy like me!

k2edm Loc: FN32AD

StanMac wrote:

Why would you throw the slides away after scanning? Scanning gives you the opportunity to share the images or include them in digital media. But digital media can be erased or corrupted. The original slides are your true archival originals. They will stand the test of time if cared for properly.

Stan

digital media can be easily copied, over and over.. Digital media takes almost no space. Why would you keep a slide? BTSOM!

k2edm Loc: FN32AD

srt101fan wrote:

I agree with you. I see no reason to hang on to scanned slides and negatives, especially if you're an old guy like me!

BTW,looking back at my life as a photographer, I am sure I have taken too many photos.. Even @ only 10 cents a piece,... I took two rolls (35mm) of baby photos of one of my grandsons.. I shuddda taken two photos and looking at them today I just get bored! I tried to save money by bulk loading b/w 35mm tri-x, I have tons of almost worthless photos.. Take maybe three of a group shot, then discard two of 'em.. Take more landscapes (they change and revive memorys), less of people. I took maybe 50 photos of whale watching off Portland,Maine, BORING to look at, two woulda been fine... IMHO

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StanMac Loc: Tennessee

CamB wrote:

I too scanned thousands of slides and thousands of negatives, both black and white and color. Except for a few special projects all the now scanned stuff, went in the garbage. What would I ever keep it all for? It’s all backed up and backed up again and much is now shared or at least shareable. I will never scan or even look at the originals again. I scanned them so I could get rid of them. What would be the point of continuing to store them?

If you want to trash your original film works that’s fine with me. I haven’t trashed mine - I’ll leave that up to my heirs when they clean out my humble abode. To me it’s like a painter trashing their original works after they have been scanned for reproduction. Not a wise move IMO.

Stan

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

StanMac wrote:

If you want to trash your original film works that’s fine with me. I haven’t trashed mine - I’ll leave that up to my heirs when they clean out my humble abode. To me it’s like a painter trashing their original works after they have been scanned for reproduction. Not a wise move IMO.

Stan

Not sure what my heirs would do with 10,000 slides. Maybe hold them up to a lightbulb and wish someone had scanned them into a computer years earlier. They are pretty much useless when people see everything on monitors or phones.
...Cam

k2edm Loc: FN32AD

CamB wrote:

Not sure what my heirs would do with 10,000 slides. Maybe hold them up to a lightbulb and wish someone had scanned them into a computer years earlier. They are pretty much useless when people see everything on monitors or phones.
...Cam

I agree, but different people have different views... that is just the way it is... we could take a vote, but what woulld that prove.

mundy-F2 Loc: Chicago suburban area

Something special when you see a great photo on a wall or screen 8 feet wide.
Mundy