> On 24/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: > > >As a side point, I am beginning to think about organizational problems. > > I'm going to have many more images than I did before, so I need > >something sensible. Events are easy, but day-to-day shooting is going > >to get lost. > > This is a very valid point, and one I was thinking about. Some people > have shot lots, but what about archiving? The more you shoot, the more a > chore it becomes to sit down in front of this blessed screen again and > file away for posterity. I'd be interested to what folk do once the pics > are on the computer, and the memory card is deleted. >
I save them in folders of 100s or less (in other words, organized by 100s -- both of my digicams are set for continuous numbering). First, I copy them from the camera card to two folders, one on my regular hard drive, one on my removeable hard drive. I "photoshop" the ones on my regular hard drive, and later on I archive them to CD -- two copies of each CD. I use Adobe Photoshop Album to catalogue the contents of the CDs. I'm now up to #10,033 with the Fujifilm Finepix 6900 (bought in June 2001) and #3181 with the Pentax Optio 550 (bought in July 2003). Since the image quality from the Optio is better, and the Optio can fit in my pocket, the Finepix hasn't had much use since July. However, there are a few uses for which the Finepix is more suitable and it did get a small workout this morning -- about 70 pictures.
