Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Feb 19, 2009, at 12:44 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > 1. What is the best way to store the digital files. I estimate that > by the time I finish, I will have 200 GB, maybe much more. I started > using CDs until I saw how many I was collecting, migrated to DVDs, > and now am simply using hard discs. > Hard Drive > 2. Based on information from Apple, I created iPhoto Libraries to > keep track of the images. Apple maintains that iPhoto can handle > 250,000 images. That seems a lot. Has anyone tried stuffing that > many images into an iPhoto library? Are there any good alternatives? > Remember, these are not professional photographs and the program > will have to be used for viewing images as well as cataloging them. > Use several smaller libraries (5 year collections?) and iPhoto Library Manger. I think it gets a bit slow when it gets big. I have one 30,000 image library that works fine , but can get lazy. > 3. What do you do with the scanned negatives and slides? Bury them? > Store them in archival sheets? It is improbable that the negatives > will ever be needed again, but there is always the chance. I suspect > that the digital files will last longer than the original color film > images since I noted considerable deterioration in the older > Ektachrome and Fujichrome slides. > Short term--keep them at hand incase you need to do a BIG scan. Long term--give them to a university historical archive--mine are eventually headed for the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-CH. Ric Carter http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/