Hello photoenthousiasts,<div><br></div><div>I am an amateur photographer using a Canon 40D and a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10. With the Canon I use RAW.</div><div><br></div><div>I have a problem or challenge as some would say. I hope some of you can advise me.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I have a large collection of images, either taken digitally, or as a result of my attempts to scan my collection of slides and negatives.</div><div><br></div><div>The question is how to store, archive and backup.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Archiving is not the biggest challenge. I can use (and have used) archive-quality DVDs and or a USB Disk.</div><div>Lately I purchased a 320 Gbyte 2.5 inch drive, which is easily stored in a safe place and can hold many images.</div>
<div><br></div><div>But the more recent images and the newly created ones are the challenge.</div><div>For example how to organise them. Currently I use a date-based directory tree like: /YYYY/YYYYMM/YYYYMMDD/<image>.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I keep the RAW images as I always want to be able to go back to them. </div><div>Now where do I put processed images... In the same directory as the original images, or should I create 2 separate trees, one only for the originals and</div>
<div>one for all images created from those originals ?</div><div>Of course, because I store all images Date-based, I need a tool like DigiKam to add tags to the images in order to be able to find them back, based on subject or event.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Can any of you advise me or point me at a website for example where accepted methods are described ?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks in advance.</div><div><br></div><div>Leo Noordhuizen</div><div><br>
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