[Leica] Photo database software suggestions?

[RicCarter]

but will it be irrecoverable in 0 years?

that is the question

ric


> On Feb 3, 2016, at 11:16 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote:
> 
> Lightroom will do all of that and much more.
> 
> I have over 800,000 photos on 22 hard-drives that I can search through by
> any metadata. It has face recognition. It's very fast and easy.
> 
> As for the same filename, you can easily add a suffix to distinguish
> between the files as you import them or LR will do it for you.
> 
> Tina
> 
> On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 11:11 AM, kyle cassidy on the LUG <
> leicaslacker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Folks —
>> 
>> I have, as you may imagine, 20 some years of photo archives.
>> 
>> Right now I have them broken down by years in folders like:
>> 
>> 2001
>>        2001-01-01 New years day photos
>>                        L0010101.jpg
>>                        L0010102.jpg
>>        2001-01-02 bigfoot sighting in new hampshire
>>                        L222222.jpg
>>                        L222223.jpg
>>                        L222225.jpg
>> 
>> etc.
>> 
>> I want to have a searchable database that allows me
>> 
>>        a) to add metadata to files and allow me to search that metadata.
>>        b) automate identification of people through facial recognition or
>> import data like that
>>        c) allow me to grant varying levels of access to this database to
>> other people (mark
>>                some directories with different permissions, etc.)
>>        d) Not vanish in 10 years leaving me with a useless database
>>        e) have a solution to the fact that I’m going to have dozens of
>> files with the same filename
>> 
>> 
>> Cost isn’t an object, but functionally is a must.
>> 
>> Any advice?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> 
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> 
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