The means and methodologies of safely and effectively keeping equipment, prints, and other photography-related items around the home or for travel.
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How can I backup my RAW photos while travelling without Internet access?
This question seems similar to this one, but my needs are different :
I shoot in RAW exclusively
I'm looking for a 100% offline solution: while traveling, Internet won't be accessible
the "laptop" ...
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What options are there for good, cheap online backup of photos?
What is a good and cheap solution for online backup of over 100Gb, probably growing to 200+ in about a year, and then no doubt more after that.
I am looking for something that can work in the ...
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What method is best to take backups of your digital photos?
What method do you recommend to take secure backups of your photos?
I have used Carbonite.com for my family photos and videos - it is an online backup - just select folders to backup and the software ...
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What's a good strategy for choosing which photos to keep?
Since moving from a 6 megapixel DSLR to a 12.5 megapixel micro-four-thirds, the much bigger file sizes (especially shooting RAW) mean that I can't be so open about keeping everything I shoot.
I only ...
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What storage solutions are there for working with large volumes of digital photo data?
I'm dating a professional photographer that has been accumulating digital images at an alarming rate (thousands of high-res images per month).
Does anyone have any recommendations of external and/or ...
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Which camera bag for a single DSLR camera plus 2 lenses?
I'm looking for a shoulder bag for 1 DSLR, 2 extra lenses and a small flash. I will probably be picking up a 70-200mm f/2.8 lens, so the bag needs to fit that attached to a camera. The bag needs to ...
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How can I backup my photos while travelling?
I'm going travelling around the world for a year in September and am already panicking about how best to send my photos home while in various countries.
Requirements:
I only need to backup JPEG ...
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Suggestions for shared cross-platform photo management?
I have a Mac, my wife has a Win7 machine. Currently I take all of our photos and put them into iPhoto. There's about 35K images in there now. The problem is that they are all accessible only from my ...
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Which is a better way to store your photos? RAW or TIFF?
I have read posts that alot of photographers are using RAW to store photos. But the problem I am having is that how do you people view the photos easily when you need them? In the beginning I have ...
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What photo management software to use on local network with NAS and both Mac and Windows clients? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Suggestions for shared cross-platform photo management?
I am looking for photo management software that will work in the following environment:
Photos all stored in a ...
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Methods/experiences using Amazon S3 to store photos
I'm thinking of using S3 to backup my photos. Anyone have any experience with this? I'm wondering specifically:
Cost: I know I can estimate the costs, but what are you paying?
Methods: FTP, scripts, ...
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What file system are memory cards formatted with?
Is there an industry standard file system cards are formatted with (when you first get them, and/or after a camera formats them)? FAT32, FAT16?
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How should a DSLR camera, lens, and battery be stored?
How should a dslr camera, lens, and batteries be stored if they aren't going to be used for weeks-- if not months? Is it dependent on manufacturer (Nikon, Canon, etc)?
Is there any risk of damage if ...
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How does Lightroom store data about photos?
I've seen numerous mentions of Lightroom's database, or catalog, and having to back it up. Being used to Bridge and Camera Raw, I'm accustomed to seeing sidecar .xmp files alongside my RAW files. ...
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What are the recommended backup methods during a 2-week travel? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I backup my RAW photos while travelling without Internet access?
I am going to travel for 2 weeks and want to have duplicate copies of my digital travel photos ...
