Hi folks,
You may think of this
thread as a sort of continuation of my "Can BD penetrate plastic?"
thread.
As many of you know, for a long time now, I've been wanting to take photos of my coins. It looks like I am finally going to start doing that in the near future.
I am starting this
thread in case anyone has any advice or pointers to give me (speak now or may you forever hold your
peace ).
Here is a list of the hardware/software I'll be using:
Dell laptop computer, inspiron 1525, model #PP29L (sold new in circa 2008)
my niece's old cell phone, which I think is an iphone 4
Verizon FOIS
Windows Vista
Google Chrome (default browser), or Mozilla Firefox (secondary browser)
My coins are stored in Mylar plastic
flips. I've decided to take the coins out of the
flips to take the photos. That will create better photos, but it will give me much more
work (more time consuming, etc.).
I've decided to store the photos on a memory card. I've never used one before. My knowledge of computers is from the 1980s, when data was stored on 5 1/4 inch floppy disks. I have approximately 2,000 coins in my
collection. At 4 photos
per coin (2
per coin, 2
per tag), that
comes out to about 8,000 photos. Plus, I'll need room on the memory card for my
collection to grow. So, I'll need a memory card that is capable of storing at least 10,000 photos, divided into numerous files/folders. Can anyone recommend one?
I've also decided to have some sort of photo
gallery on the internet. But I haven't decided yet if I'll have a
Forum photo
gallery, or if I'll use my own website. Any suggestions?
I'll also need some sort of cable to physically connect the iphone to my computer, so that I can download the photos to my computer. What
type of cable do I need?
I'll be temporarily storing the photos on my computer's hard drive until I've stored them on the memory card and posted them online. Then, I'll be deleting all of the photos form the hard drive. My niece advised me to do this. She told me that storing 8,000 photos on the hard drive will significantly slow down the computer. So, I'll be deleting them as I go along. Is this correct advice?
My niece and her boyfriend (who is kind of nerdy) can show me how to download the photos from the iphone to the computer, and then store them on the memory card in their proper files/folders. That aspect of this project is covered (I think), because both of them have significant experience doing that. But I may have a problem with posting the photos online in their proper files/folders, especially if I use my own website instead of Forum's
gallery. Neither one of them has much experience doing that. Any advice?
As usual, thank you in advance for any advice or suggestions.
Meepzorp