[Leica] Photo database software suggestions?

[Gerry Walden]

I must say that I think that you would find Lightroom hard to beat.

Gerry

Sent from my iPad

> On 3 Feb 2016, at 16:11, 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.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Leica Users Group.
> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information