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<blockquote data-quote="ohkphoto" data-source="post: 7798" data-attributes="member: 1573">I use two external hard drives for backups.&nbsp; I won't use CD's or DVD's for backups for two reasons:&nbsp; 1.&nbsp; I don't trust them&nbsp; (but then I don't trust external drives either, which is why I have two) and 2. it's much easier to backup or migrate a 250 gb external drive than 20 DVD's&nbsp;I think what's really important is to have a methodical system in place for organizing and storing photos.&nbsp; We know the media/technology is going to change (that's a given) and we'll have to upgrade and migrate our stuff if we want to keep our stuff readable and usable.&nbsp; So get a system in place right now with that in mind.&nbsp;Along that line, is anyone saving their photos as DNG's as opposed to RAW's?&nbsp; I'm still researching this and am wondering how much smaller the files are than the raw files, and if there's any quality degradation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ohkphoto, post: 7798, member: 1573"] I use two external hard drives for backups. I won't use CD's or DVD's for backups for two reasons: 1. I don't trust them (but then I don't trust external drives either, which is why I have two) and 2. it's much easier to backup or migrate a 250 gb external drive than 20 DVD's I think what's really important is to have a methodical system in place for organizing and storing photos. We know the media/technology is going to change (that's a given) and we'll have to upgrade and migrate our stuff if we want to keep our stuff readable and usable. So get a system in place right now with that in mind. Along that line, is anyone saving their photos as DNG's as opposed to RAW's? I'm still researching this and am wondering how much smaller the files are than the raw files, and if there's any quality degradation. [/QUOTE]

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