Data Volume growing How do I save it ? Where do I save it ? How can I find images ? How do I back it up ? Photo Storage Dilemma
Data Storage Growth Nikon 990 9/1/ gb 3mp 1.1mb/image Nikon /26/ gb 4mp 1.3mb/image Panasonic FZ15 10/4/ gb 4mp 1.5mb/image Panasonic FZ30 8mp mb/image 9/8/ gb
FZ30 ALSO CAPTURES RAW IN RAW MODE: 2mb jpg 16.25mb raw
TECHNOLOGIES SOLID STATE MAGNETIC OPTICAL
DEVICES AVAILABLE FLASH MEMORY HARD DRIVES COMPACT DISKS DVDS
COST OF STORAGE Device Capacity -MB Cost/Un itCost/MBCost/image CD E E-04 DVD4, E E-04 HD300, E E-03
OPERATIONAL STORAGE Daily use Weekend trips by car Week long vacations Three week trek No laptops allowed
STORAGE WORKFLOW FLASH READER TO PC INTO A FOLDER FOLDER HIERARCHY NAMING OR NOT NAMING HAVE A LOOK SOFTWARE BACKUPS SOFTWARE DATABASE
DATA ORGANIZATION THE MINDLESS APPROACH –YEAR –QUARTER –MONTH –DATE –MAJOR TOPIC
DAILY USE SOFTWARE IRFANVIEW - Image Viewer FASTSTONE IMAGE VIEWER TOTAL COMMANDER – File manager POWERPOINT Presentation Preperation IMATCH IMAGE MANAGEMENT NERO BURNING ROM - CD/DVD Creation AND OF COURSE… WINDOWS
OTHER SOFTWARE ADOBE ALBUM PICASA 2 – Find, edit, share pictures PHOTOSHOP –Crème de la Crème photo edit QIMAGE – Prints images better and easier PROFILE PRISM – Printer/Scanner Calibration Pixort – Image review, sort, culling AND OTHERS I will discuss in the future
STORAGE ISSUES DATA STABILITY MEDIA LONGEVITY –Magnetic –optical PHYSICAL DAMAGE SOFTWARE LONGEVITY
STORAGE LIFE LINE IMMEDIATELY CREATE A 2ND COPY CONSOLIDATE MIGRATE REFRESH MAINTAIN 2 BACKUP COPIES