riverman wrote:
> > Sounds like you have no idea what an avid photographer can produce on
> > one trip. On my last trip (three weeks in New Zealand) I shot 2500
> > images in RAW format. That's 2500 x 15 MB (Canon 1Ds MKII), so that's
> > about 37 GIGAbytes. You'd need quite a PDA to hold that kind of
> > storage...
> >
>
> Yowza! OK, you're right, you need the laptop. And a small truck to carry all
> your gear!! What did you do before digital??!
I shot 70 rolls of 35mm film on a trip like that. If I took my 67 gear I
would be more selective, but it could still be 150 to 200 rolls.
> What about a PDA and an external HD? My 200GB external HD is only a little
> larger than my PDA. I don't know if they can be connected, but it wouldn't
> surprise me if it was doable.
I would never risk my files by saving them to ONE disk only. Hard disks
can and will crash. I take a laptop and an external bus-powered FireWire
disk for backups.
> On another note, how do you manage all those files? I already cannot keep
> track of my own personal pictures...I could not imagine trying to file 2500
> images to be individually retrieveable on a moment's notice..
First of all, nobody shoots only perfect pictures. I used to throw away
slides that aren't perfect, now I delete digital images that aren't.
Secondly, it's not so much different than before. Having to find one
particular image among 2500 digital files is no more difficult (in fact
it's much less difficult) than having to find one particular slide out
of 2500 slides. There are very good catalog programs, such as iView
Multimedia Pro to keep track of your images.
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Johan W. Elzenga johan<>johanfoto.nl
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