How many photos on your hard drive?
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I obviously take far too many photos. 467gb? Drop in the ocean! (I do 4K vid and music too mind)
ETA: I today filled another Transcend 2TB - they are really good.. were big money off at the weekend.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-Military-Resista...
ETA: I today filled another Transcend 2TB - they are really good.. were big money off at the weekend.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-Military-Resista...
Edited by GetCarter on Tuesday 1st December 19:41
I only have about 6,000 in my Lightroom catalog, although I have plenty more on my archive disks.
If I publish/print an image from Lightroom I asign it a colour/star rating, any images without a star/colour rating that is older than 6 months go into a smart collection to be deleted. I don't see the point in clogging up my hard disk with photos that I've not done anything with and am unlikely to do anything with.
If I publish/print an image from Lightroom I asign it a colour/star rating, any images without a star/colour rating that is older than 6 months go into a smart collection to be deleted. I don't see the point in clogging up my hard disk with photos that I've not done anything with and am unlikely to do anything with.
toasty said:
DibblyDobbler said:
Hardy any - seriously why bother?
Exactly this. Mine get graded when processing in LR.
Anything without a star and over a year old gets deleted.
I'm not going to do anything with them so why keep them?
Amateur here at 39 000 pics. I endeavor to improve this in 2016.
Ari said:
I've got a Toshiba 1TB external harddrive for about £40 which is what it's backing up to. Taking about eight hours though..! 
Copying from one USB to another USB is really slow, (if it is sitting in the background, no problem) I have had better results by copying from one USB device onto my internal drive, then onto the second USB device. - I am no computer genius, someone will no doubt come and tell me I am wrong, but hey, it might help.GetCarter said:
I obviously take far too many photos. 467gb? Drop in the ocean! (I do 4K vid and music too mind)
ETA: I today filled another Transcend 2TB - they are really good.. were big money off at the weekend.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-Military-Resista...
Ooh that's a nice bit of kit. I went for the 1TB Tosh because the 2TB needs a separate power supply (which I always lose) rather than just running off the USB. ETA: I today filled another Transcend 2TB - they are really good.. were big money off at the weekend.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Transcend-Military-Resista...
Looks like that one doesn't though, so might get one of those next time.
FunkyNige said:
Ari said:
I've got a Toshiba 1TB external harddrive for about £40 which is what it's backing up to. Taking about eight hours though..!
Have you put that into a USB 2 or 3 port? Sounds a bit slow for USB 3!I normally leave it backing up overnight - it's done by the morning.
Ari said:
Ooh that's a nice bit of kit. I went for the 1TB Tosh because the 2TB needs a separate power supply (which I always lose) rather than just running off the USB.
Looks like that one doesn't though, so might get one of those next time.
Correct, no power supply needed. Backed up 750 Gb of photos in about 90 mins - then 'Time Machined' the Mac Book Pro in 30 mins. USB3 is as fast as a fast thing.Looks like that one doesn't though, so might get one of those next time.
Being the digital archivist for the various families connected by marriage I am probably a special case, well head-case.
Currently about 81k digital and scanned photos going back to before and during WW1 and WW2 up until now. Locations include UK, Austria, North Africa, Italy, Germany, Russia/Poland and Latvia I think that there are still about 5k photos to be scanned but I lost the enthusiasm a long time ago.
About 30 hours of transcribed Super8 (Australia, India, Malaysia, Austria, UK, Portugal locations) and VHS video plus about 60 hours MiniDV video.
About 30 hours of transcribed Cassette and 1/4 inch Reel-to-reel audio.
Currently using 3TB drives, first online, second off-line external backup, third external backup stored in safe in cellar.
I receive more old photos every year as relatives connect with the project. Either as scans or originals as happened in August when I received 30 photos from the US including a 1940s wedding photo printed onto metal. The package took a while to get through customs because of that.
The photos are available in low-res for faster access on a local server.
Whether they are all worth storing is probably questionable but they are someone else's memories. Perhaps the next generation will start deleting them.
Currently about 81k digital and scanned photos going back to before and during WW1 and WW2 up until now. Locations include UK, Austria, North Africa, Italy, Germany, Russia/Poland and Latvia I think that there are still about 5k photos to be scanned but I lost the enthusiasm a long time ago.
About 30 hours of transcribed Super8 (Australia, India, Malaysia, Austria, UK, Portugal locations) and VHS video plus about 60 hours MiniDV video.
About 30 hours of transcribed Cassette and 1/4 inch Reel-to-reel audio.
Currently using 3TB drives, first online, second off-line external backup, third external backup stored in safe in cellar.
I receive more old photos every year as relatives connect with the project. Either as scans or originals as happened in August when I received 30 photos from the US including a 1940s wedding photo printed onto metal. The package took a while to get through customs because of that.
The photos are available in low-res for faster access on a local server.
Whether they are all worth storing is probably questionable but they are someone else's memories. Perhaps the next generation will start deleting them.
paul.deitch said:
Being the digital archivist for the various families connected by marriage I am probably a special case, well head-case.
About 30 hours of transcribed Super8 (Australia, India, Malaysia, Austria, UK, Portugal locations) and VHS video plus about 60 hours MiniDV video.
About 30 hours of transcribed Cassette and 1/4 inch Reel-to-reel audio.
Do you copy the video yourself if so what do you use as I'm starting to archive the family videos myselfAbout 30 hours of transcribed Super8 (Australia, India, Malaysia, Austria, UK, Portugal locations) and VHS video plus about 60 hours MiniDV video.
About 30 hours of transcribed Cassette and 1/4 inch Reel-to-reel audio.
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