[Leica] Lightroom & Bridge

[don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)]

Brian,
It is my understanding while reading the reviews that if I download digital
files to a tethered hard drive then use Lightroom  to do what I will with
the files that the files remain where they are named as they were but with
meta data stored within Lightroom describing any actions taken.  I can't see
the harm done at this point.

Don
don.dory@gmail.com

On 2/4/07, Brian Reid <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote:
>
> I've been using and programming computers for 41 years now, and I've
> learned a few self-preservation principles:
>
> 1. Disks always fail and you should always back them up. This is the first
> and greatest commandment.
>
> 2. In order to store things on disks, people build structures on top of
> them. People are fallible, and the structures that they build layered on 
> top
> of disks are imperfect. Use as few of those as possible. This means, for
> example: store things in flat files whenever you can. Use databases at your
> peril. Use structured information repositories (address books, indexed mail
> folders, ...) at your peril. Never ever ever ever keep the master copy of
> anything in a database or something that resembles a
> database unless you back it up to flat files every day.
>
> On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
>
> 3. If you have some data that matters to you, and you'd like your children
> to be able to have it after you are gone, store that data in a flat file. 
> If
> you can't (e.g. a photograph) then store that data in something that
> resembles a flat file as closely as possible, e.g. a simple file system.
>
> 4. You cannot hide complexity under a veneer of simplicity. If something
> is complex, admit it and deal with it. As soon as you can, make it simpler,
> or walk away from it.
>
> 5. Never use v1.0 of ANYTHING. It's best to start with v2.1, but sometimes
> v1.5 will have to do.
>
> Lightroom violates #2, #4, and #5. Violating #2 is a design felony; the
> others are misdemeanors.
>
>
> > I agree Brian. I don't use any software that dicks around with
> where  stuff is on my hard drives. I hate address books and email
> programmes  where you have to go looking for the basic information. Maybe 
> it
> is  because I am an old programmer but I feel anything which  unnecessarily
> moves me away from knowing exactly where my files are  is a complete no-no.
> I was about to be seduced but those things  extinguish any glimmer of
> interest I had :-(
> > I screamed and forced quit on Apples iPhoto when I tried it - the  first
> thing it tried to do was move my photos aaaaaaaaaaah! I got rid  of the
> programme.
> > Frank
>
>
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