In a message dated 11/28/2005 12:57:27 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Any suggestions?
Ralf =========== I keep the same numbers the camera attaches, but rename the directories I have copied cards to so they are significant to me. I've never kept track by date, but am debating pulling some EXIF data out and doing something with it. So basically I have minimal organization. At one point I was creating contact sheets for all my slides, but haven't finished yet. I only have a flat bed scanner that can do only four slides at once, so it took time and I didn't get that far. (I already did it for all my prints -- negative film shots, but that was easy because they were often printed up by the lab with an index card of shots.) I am now debating creating contact sheets for all my digital shots. I file the contact sheets in a notebook. One notebook does me fine for now. I used regular typing paper rather than photo paper, partially to save money, and because I just want a visual record of what I have. For that it wasn't necessary for that to have great thumbnails on photo paper, just adequate thumbnails to remind me of what I have. I have my slides stored by box and those are numbered. Starting from the first roll of slides I shot until the last. Basically I have done the same thing with all my negative film shots as well. Though I am not sure I numbered them. But they are organized chronologically in an acid free archival box. A visual record is easier for me to mentally process than numbers or any kind of fancy databasing system using numbers or dates. For digital contact sheets I would organize them by directory rather than roll, but for me directories amount to the same thing. Each directory equals one uploaded card, regardless of how full I loaded the card. And I would order the digital contact sheets chronologically. It would be nice to pull out the EXIF data and put the ISO, f-stop and shutter speed below each thumbnail. Some people recommended EXIF readers a while back. Right now I can't pull that up from my PDML archives. I am debating using Irfanview for doing the contact sheets since it can use Canon RAW to make thumbnails. But Elements makes nice contact sheets. So visual recording is easier for me. But I haven't shot as much as many people have either. Anyway, once I have some organization on paper, organizing the real images is a snap. And follows my paper organization. Marnie
