Davus From Australia, joined Oct 2000, 174 posts, RR: 6 Posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 20 hours ago) and read 964 times:
Hi Team!.
Got a quick question...
Its now getting to the point where i have hundreds and hundreds of photos packets all over the place and want to know if anyone out there has come across any sort of shelf or box or anything that you can buy to store them all in????...
I still shoot print and then scan with my flatbed scanner, so i have all these packs of photos lying around everywhere!!!......and im starting to lose track of them all.....
Serge From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 1989 posts, RR: 3 Reply 2, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 928 times:
I bought some rubbermaid containers from Kmart (I'm sure theres a similar department type store in Melbourne) that are specifically for photos, fits over 30 packets in one container.
They're still pretty unorganized though in terms of being labeled and knowing whats inside... I'll get around to that the day I get a negative scanner.
I have the same problem on my computer, all of my photos are saved with non-descriptive filenames like 12.4 or something scattered throughout hundreds of folders. If my harddrive crashes I'm screwed! I better burn them all soon...
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21 Reply 3, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 919 times:
if you (or someone else in your family) buys a lot of shoes, you can the boxes from those.
That's what I usually do (when I have boxes that is). The negatives are stored in binders using special sleeves that are crossreferenced to a serial number I write on the package.
I also sort the prints before storing them, throwing away half or more typically. Saves a lot of space.
Ckw From UK - England, joined Aug 2010, 529 posts, RR: 18 Reply 4, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 905 times:
Used to have the same problem a few years back - hundreds of packets of prints.
Solved problem by storing them in a round metal bin, and bought a neg/slide scanner
On a more serious note, I hope you are storing the negs separately in proper negative sleeves - leaving them in the print packets is going to lead to scratches, loss or other damage sooner or later.
LOT767-300ER From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 868 times:
"I bought some rubbermaid containers from Kmart (I'm sure theres a similar department type store in Melbourne) that are specifically for photos, fits over 30 packets in one container. "
Ehhhh Walczak are you suggesting Wal-Mart has opened in Australia....Im sure Davey can just hop into his Holden and drive on down to Wally World with the Photo Center and the Tire-Lube Express........
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