Hi Shel, I rarely shoot film any more, but every new download from a CF card gets a new folder. Most of my cards are 1 gig, so they hold 72 RAW files. I shoot RAW exclusively. If there's more than one subject on the card, I just add it to the folder name. For example: "1-13-05 squirrel, dogs, bruschetta." I'm not sure if that kind of folder name works on a PC, but it's fine on a mac. Older negs that I scan I sometimes classify just by subject if I have no idea of a date. However, most of my old negs are in envelopes that are dated at least in regard to the year. I recently scanned a few pics of my kids from 1978, so I filed it as "1-1-78 old kid pics." The "1-1" is a generic description that I use for any file where I know the year but not the date. The system is working for me. I can find anything on my drives in a minute or less. Paul
> How do you handle a roll of film that may have two or three subjects on it? > Do you keep one roll in one folder or do you split the roll into two or > three folders? When you shoot new frames, do they go into a subject folder > or a dated folder? How do you search for a subject if you set things up by > date? I'm just starting to get the hang of the file browser - quite a > nice piece of work in CS ;-)) - and almost every week I find more that can > be done with it. Never though of it as a catalogue though. > > Now, are you cataloging older pics, from many years ago? Do you use the > same dating system - do you actually have records of when all these old > photos were made? > > Shel > > > > [Original Message] > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Hi Shel, > > I use the PSCS browser. I catalog every folder by date shot and subject > matter. I begin the filename with the date shot, so in my records they are > organized chronologically. But I can easily search for subject matter as > well if I can't find a file using the date. It's a much better system than > anything I've used with negatives. I now have 300 gigabytes of photo files, > and I've never failed to find an exposure I want. I back them up on CDs. > The most important files are duplicated on another drive. > >
