Like I said, different needs. My shots are all for me and sequential ordering is perfect for my family shots as it keeps them in date sequence. I take probably 1000 shots in a year on average, maybe 2000 at most. I no longer back up to DVD with a view to later retrieval due to the instability of the format and the cheapness of external HDDs - I use two 500Gb External Hard Drives (one kept at home, one at work) to backup all the content on my PC periodically and the structure mirrors exactly that on the PC which is:
All RAW Files in one folder All High Res JPGs in two folders - one for family pics and the other for my suff like landscapes etc. if there are multiple versions of a RAW conversion I will add a suffix letter or word, retaining the original filename. All low res JPGs for the wife to email out etc in another folder. Only time I deviate from this is if I temporarily want to separate out a bunch of stuff for printing but I usually dump it or merge it back afterwards. All I would do is once every 5 years rename IMGPxxxxx.yyy to IMGPaxxxxx.yyy in a couple of years for these four folders on the three drives and I am good to go for another 5, 6 or 7 years after which I can rename the newer lot to IMGPbxxxxx.yyy and continue till the cameras are replaced with something that uses a different filename. If I were doing jobs I would want to categorise things separately and organising in the way you do, but that just isnt necessary for my throughput apart from which I am lazy on day to day tasks like this! If I get more time to go back to landscapes then these might get categorised properly but at the moment spending time with the kids take priority over going off travelling on my own to do this. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Dayton Sent: 20 February 2007 17:04 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Camera Raw 3.7 is Here Hmmm..5 minutes to fix seems rather optomistic. I suppose if your only goal is unique filenames, that may be feasible. At least from my perspective, I want the original raw name and subsequent alterations to carry the same name. So when I think of all the images that have been archived off to DVD's and perhaps needing to rename all of them, the task seems much longer than 5 minutes. The other issue is coming up with a naming convention that aids in organization. IMGPxxxxx doesn't really help much. By taking the time during download to put some meaningful names to the files alleviates the problem for later and also gives you a leg up on organization. Of course, I have no idea what your shooting/organizing is like so I could blowing smoke. At least for me - shooting weddings, portraits, kid's sports, etc - organization is very important. -- Bruce Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 2:58:14 AM, you wrote: RB> I have no problem dealing with it, and you are right that the RB> options arent tough - but I would rather spend 5 minutes dealing RB> with it once every 4-5 years than have to do it every time I RB> download images from a card. RB> Rob RB> -----Original Message----- RB> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf RB> Of Bruce Dayton RB> Sent: 19 February 2007 19:10 RB> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List RB> Subject: Re: Camera Raw 3.7 is Here RB> Kind of reminds me of the Y2K problem - the older programmers RB> thought they wouldn't need to deal with it, so didn't...until... RB> Since you know you are going to end up with the problem, why not RB> just come up with a solution now, instead of having to go back and RB> fix it later? The solutions aren't really too tough. RB> -- RB> Bruce RB> Monday, February 19, 2007, 9:41:16 AM, you wrote: RB>> Looks interesting. I am sure if I were shooting a lot more it would RB>> be worthwhile, but it is a little overkill for my current needs. I RB>> am sure that by splitting the range I have I can last at possibly as RB>> long as a couple of years before overlap occurs. I can then do a RB>> simple rename changing the prefix on the existing images (I can RB>> write a util to do this in 5 mins if I don't already have something) RB>> and off I go again. RB>> Will take a look and think about whether something more useful would RB>> be worthwhile though... RB>> Cheers to all who responded. RB>> Rob RB>> -----Original Message----- RB>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf RB>> Of Paul Sorenson RB>> Sent: 19 February 2007 14:29 RB>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List RB>> Subject: Re: Camera Raw 3.7 is Here RB>> Rob - RB>> It's an extra piece of software, but if you're running Windows you RB>> might RB>> look at Downloader Pro. RB>> http://www.breezesys.com/Downloader/features.htm RB>> It has some nice features for transferring from card to computer, RB>> including batch rename as part of the download process as well as RB>> creating unique folders on the fly. Since I use both a DS and a RB> DS2, I RB>> simply set my file names as I download them with DS_<image number> RB> or RB>> DS2_<image number>. RB>> -P RB>> Rob Brigham wrote: >>> IS there an easy way to manually set the next file number? From >>> reading the manual it seems I can do this by renaming a file as >>> IMGP5000.PEF and putting it on and SD card then taking a new picture RB> - >>> thereby setting the counter to 5001? >>> >>> I want to do this so that the naming is different to my *istD by >>> having a start number that wont overlap (for some time...). >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Rob >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >>> Of Joseph Tainter >>> Sent: 19 February 2007 05:33 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Camera Raw 3.7 is Here >>> >>> >>> And it supports the K10D. I just installed it. Download here: >>> >>> http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/thankyou.jsp?ftpID=3587&fileID >>> = >>> 33 >>> 77 >>> >>> http://tinyurl.com/yu9m82 >>> >>> Hooray! My SD storage capacity just expanded greatly. >>> >>> Now I am going to reset my K10D to PEF format. >>> >>> Joe >>> RB>> -- RB>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List RB>> [email protected] RB>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net RB> -- RB> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List RB> [email protected] RB> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
