How to make sure pics dont go missing?!

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i have a few shoots coming up with child photography, dogs and horses - all free - im building up a portfolio and im learning so want to do loads of pictures... so i know its not paid but to me its vital i get it right! :)
paid or not!
other than locking the pics as they are taken... how can i assure i dont loose the pictures?

Do i split them between memory cards? what else can i do?

thanks :)
 
ok i could take my laptop :)

what about a netbook??? they are pretty cheap compared to my laptop? just that im at uni and if i drop my laptop (likely)! lol i will be screwed. ??
 
Plenty of netbooks now have decent sized HDDs built in. As an extra backup, you could use a USB key or even a spare memory card in a reader (many netbooks have SD(HC) readers built in as well). Keep the backup key/card on your person, just in case some evil creature decides they want it more than you need it...
 
thanks guys :)

im looking at mini netbooks on the net - going for less than £100.... im thinking of investing in one???

not to show pictures to anyone - just purely for storage until i have everything safely home and put on USB and disk???
 
IMO, you'll be after a hard drive based netbook rather than one of the older solid state types. My wife uses an ASSUS EEEPC which she's starting to find a bit restrictive for anything but basic word processing and the like, while I'm more than happy with my Medion Akoya for storage, basic photo editting etc. I've tried using hers as a "hub" for transferring pics from card to card via a reader but it was dog slow - with mine, it whips through them fast enough.
 
Nod said:
IMO, you'll be after a hard drive based netbook rather than one of the older solid state types. My wife uses an ASSUS EEEPC which she's starting to find a bit restrictive for anything but basic word processing and the like, while I'm more than happy with my Medion Akoya for storage, basic photo editting etc. I've tried using hers as a "hub" for transferring pics from card to card via a reader but it was dog slow - with mine, it whips through them fast enough.
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depends how much they are though?

i just know i can get a netbook for under £100 (and justify it)! everything has to be justifyable as im a student :lol:

:)
 
Back up onto DVDs - simples!

I've been doing this for years and as long as you keep the DVDs safe and use reputable DVD blanks you should have no problems.

I have DVDs I backed up over 7 years ago and they're still fine.

I always use DataWrite DVDs and burn them at half their rated speed - eg. Burn a 16x DVD at 8x.

Easy and cheap - and as secure as anything else.
 
suze23 said:
depends how much they are though?

i just know i can get a netbook for under £100 (and justify it)! everything has to be justifyable as im a student :lol:

:)
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Yes, but there's no point having a tool if it's not up to the job. IF the £100 ones are up to it, great but if you spend that £100 on one and find it's no good for what you want it for, it's £100 wasted and that's even harder to justify!

If you have a car, you could lock your laptop to that (? Kensington locks?) which should help prevent you dropping it or losing it.
 
External Hard drives are best and reasonably affordable - a 1Tb drive is about £80 now, so buy two and back-up to both of them.
 
yeh i have my own car :)

ok external harddrives...or may jus get another laptop.

just that mines big and bulky...
either that or hi-jack my parents....



ive no problem backing it up when i get home!! just when im on location i dont want to loose all the shots and have nothing :)
 
Get a shock-proof LaCie drive with the ruggedised rubber case - I carry one of those at all times - only 250Gb, but large enough to back-up a weeks' worth of images.
 
Arkady said:
Get a shock-proof LaCie drive with the ruggedised rubber case - I carry one of those at all times - only 250Gb, but large enough to back-up a weeks' worth of images.
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sorry whats one of those?

do you have a link?
 
Nod said:
IMO, you'll be after a hard drive based netbook rather than one of the older solid state types. My wife uses an ASSUS EEEPC which she's starting to find a bit restrictive for anything but basic word processing and the like, while I'm more than happy with my Medion Akoya for storage, basic photo editting etc. I've tried using hers as a "hub" for transferring pics from card to card via a reader but it was dog slow - with mine, it whips through them fast enough.
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Solid state drives are a more recent introduction to mainstream IT tech than the hard drives you are referencing, thye storage size and or overall spec of the netbook that utilises it may be in question but solid state does definitely not mean it is and 'older' type.
 
the netbook i was looking at actually has more memory than my laptop :o

am still scouting round so shall see what i can come up with :)
 
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