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Can You Tell How Many Photos Can Each of These Hold?

Aug 13, 2015 by Udi Tirosh 12 Comments

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A few days ago I was talking to my buddy Jim Goldstein and we reminisced about all the old discs that we used to have. Some of those will not even hold a jpg from a 2 MP camera.

Assuming an raw image is 7-35MP nowadays, it is amazing that we used to carry tiny pieces of plastic with as little as 360KB in them.

You know what? I am going to make it easy for you and you only need to know the size of the disk, getting the actual number of photos that would fit in introduces way to many variables.

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8" Floppy: How much storage does it have?

Correct! Wrong!

5.25" Floppy: How much storage does it have?

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3.5" Floppy: How much storage does it have?

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Blu Ray: How much storage does it have?

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Zip Disk: How much storage does it have?

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Jaz Disk: How much storage does it have?

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Floptical: How much storage does it have?

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Standard DVD: How much storage does it have?

diyp quiz storage space CD Credit: Wanted, Ochro, CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons
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Standard compact disk (CD): How much storage does it have?

derex99, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Mini CD: How much storage does it have?

The original uploader was EddieBernard at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
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DIYP Quiz: How much storage can it hold?
You must be very young, or just forgetful - you don't seem to remember (m)any of these!

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You apparently used some of these... But certainly not all.

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You aced this quiz! How old are you if you remember all of these? :)

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.net

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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