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My memory cards are either in my cameras or in Think Tank Photo Pixel Pocket Rocket Memory Card Cases. I have one case for CF cards, one case for SD cards, and one case for XQD cards. Both the CF and SD card cases are made to fit just those specific cards. The cards go into slots and then the case folds up and has velcro to hold it closed.

I do not archive memory cards. All photos are archived onto DVDs and at least two hard drives.

Would also use cloud storage if I could find a site that I thought I could afford long term. So far everything I have found is too expensive once you get past the volume of storage that is provided for free.

Mr Bill 2011 Loc: southern Indiana

I keep a spare card in each camera bag and a spare card in both my car and truck for the occasional day I take a camera out and forget to check if there's a card in it. Beside those, there's [supposed to be] a card in each camera ready to go. Other than that I keep a little pocket sized case that holds 4 cards in their little plastic cases, and it's sits in a belt pack that I sometimes carry. I never use cards for archive storage; I download them when I get home, then reformat them in the camera.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

Just an issue with cloud storage. When there are shortages of things and I can see that if everybody moves to cloud storage they will run out of hard drives or storage space. First in first out so you might get stuff back again.
In our city, and I suspect in the rest of the country, when you get your cremated remains of your loved ones buried in a memorial garden you get 20 years. Then you get advised that if the contents are not removed at 20 years they will be disposed of and the plot reused.
Every things temporary so if your dead don't get that long then how on earth, and why, do you expect somebody else to keep your photos for ever ? Leaving aside the issue that it is because you are paying somebody to do it for you (same goes for memorial plots by the way) they will make mistakes, they will want more money, and I bet there are longevity issues as well. Memorial plots don't need regular replacement but cloud storage does.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

I trust Backblaze far more than any member on this forum with options on how to handle and backup my data. Well, there are a couple exceptions to that, and I literally mean a couple that I trust know what they are talking about.

stogieboy Loc: Marlboro, NY

This

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I seriously doubt that there will be a shortage of hard drives.
Toilet paper, yes, hard drives no.
Companies keep adding storage...

stogieboy Loc: Marlboro, NY

Its not a question of someone else keeping your photos forever out of the goodness of their heart. Most places that allow storage "in the cloud" have some sort of chargeback model. Once the money stops coming in, and after whatever the grace period is, they will absolutely delete your data.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

This what?

stogieboy Loc: Marlboro, NY

I was agreeing with the post. Its a pretty common response online when one agrees with something that has already been stated. It allows for the person responding to give their two cents to the original post without re-typing everything.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Interesting.
Okaaay.

Why would one re-type everything?
Couldn't they just say "I agree with this/what you said."?
A new single use word "phrase" as a result of no one wanting to type on the phone or computer?

PhotogHobbyist Loc: Bradford, PA

I have not read all responses here, but when I worked for a school photography company, we carried only two or three memory card with each camera. Each day's photos were taken while tethered to a laptop and at the end of the day all photos were merged together and placed on at least two CDs, each labeled with the school name, date of the photographs and job number. The entire job was also transferred to a backed up, multi-hard drive system in the office. The memory cards were placed in an envelope bearing the school's name and date. Back in the Office, one CD was placed on a spindle and the other was sent to the home office for printing of the job. The next day the card which was from the oldest date was placed in the camera and formatted before starting that days photo shoot.

Very seldom was a card corrupted or any information lost. The cards were used over and over and over for years.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

Some weird comparisons here. There should be no shortage of toilet paper since the stuff keeps on growing on trees. The only complication is the human one.
You think that hard drives won't disappear ? Most of the drive companies have disappeared (been taken over by the 2-3 left). Once SSD becomes much cheaper they will take over the market to a point where manufacturing hard drives becomes expensive due to low demand.
And when China has a crack at Taiwan you think this won't affect all the Asian manufacturing plants where drives are made ?
And I wouldn't personally trust any storage for my photos that are at the end of a very very thin piece of glass 6,000-12,000km away passing through how many other control points. Between me and the storage point there is probably at least 50 points where physical/political/human has control over how it gets there.
None of the storage mechanisms in place and being used now will exist in twenty years time let-alone 100 years. But old film and print copies are still around.
All this makes you think twice how you want to store stuff.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

Do you have something like a manifesto with this stuff written in it? Or is this all just made up at time of writing?

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

I'm afraid I'll be a haphazard minority of one. They are scattered in one of my desk drawers and usually one in my camera. I may have one in my pants or shirt pocket or left in my pants and have been washed. At least I do not have "dirty images"!!

I have found they are almost indestructible.
Mark

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

None of those things.
I prefer to think ahead for possibilities. The US is a very insular place and having watched its performance during the pandemic I think that you have a very eventful time ahead.
I have no manifesto and all the things I mentioned as possibly happening are very real possibilities, maybe even likelihoods. You don't know and I don't know what will ACTUALLY happen but knowing human nature and how many very stupid people there are out there anything goes.
So you toss up ideas in your head and hope you pick the right one(s) and go with that.
The US (not the US as such but the individuals comprising the US) need to learn not to just ignore everything but to become aware of what is happening around the world and make decisions based on a world view. You need to wake up !
Your views on cloud storage are only formed because your storage locations are probably just down the road with maybe only 5 steps between you and them. In NZ that is not the case. So just quoting something as if it is the same for the whole world is not a very intelligent thing to do.
Quoting recipes using US brand names and lbs/ozs is plain insulting to the rest of the world. Which you live in as well. Wake up...the world does NOT finish at the US borders. Well it might for you but that is not the reality.
And I have to admit I might be pushing a few buttons here in an attempt to get most UHHs to take a wider view of the world around them.