On 2010-03-12 22:03, paul stenquist wrote:
A good list. The more hard drive space you can afford, the better. I now have nine drives and about 4 terabytes of space -- and Im running out. I'm going to park some full drives and plug in a few new ones.
If you're gonna go apeshit on storage anyway, remember it's cheap. Consider doing a RAID 10 or RAID 0+1 array to reduce your "OMG I need my backups" exposure. Keep one or two replacement drives, replace failures immediately, and you won't have to worry too much. My 4x320GB-drive RAID 10 array has been running for about 15 months. I had to replace two drives in the first four months, and none since. No down time, no lost data. As long as only one drive dies at a time, you don't lose anything, and the firmware can fix up the new drive in the background, so it doesn't even get in the way.
Don't think you'll need a monitor shade unless you work in a room where you can't control the light levels.
IMHO, monitor shades are snake oil for a home user that controls their lighting environment. On the other hand, they can save your eyes in a corporate environment where you don't control the lighting.
You should be able to get buy with one high quality printer.
A vast number of photographers these days, even advanced amateurs, don't need a printer at all. Why would they? The never look at their shots on paper.
Before buying a printer, ask yourself, when was the last time I actually required looking at a print before I decided whether I liked a capture or not.
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