A speed-boat in high speed across the water on the south coast of the Peljesac peninsula, copyright BKWine Photography Does “unlimited” really mean “unlimited”?īut does “unlimited” really mean “unlimited”? If, for example, the online storage is simply defined as a mirror of a folder on your computer (as e.g. If the upload speed is sufficient online storage can be viable. This was one of the things that I decided to test with Amazon. Exactly how much can sometimes be difficult to know exactly. It would simply take too long.īut if you have access to a fibre internet connection, which is becoming more and more frequent, speed has improved very much. With a traditional ADSL connection it would hardly be feasible. With this kind of volumes it can take some time to upload things over the internet. Wine storage at competition Les Citadelles du Vin, Bordeaux, copyright BKWine Photography If however, I get “unlimited” space for a reasonable cost then the price is no longer an issue. That can instead buy me another brand new file server, every year. Over 40,000 “developed” (processed) tiff filesĮven with a “cheap” service like Dropbox this would cost something like more than $700 per year, it seems.There have been two main hurdles for online storage:Įven if prices have gone down it is still expensive if you have a substantial photo archive. I swap it out with an updated copy every so often (not often enough though).Īs online storage is becoming more easily available, is it a viable option? What if it burns down? Or…?Ĭurrently I have one copy of my backups stored in a bank safety deposit box. You should not have all backups in the office or at home. include several different copies of your images.Īt least one of the copies of your images must be stored in a different location. Your backup strategy should have several “levels”, i.e. This is included in the Amazon Cloud Drive service.Īs a professional photographer (or serious amateur) you must have a backup strategy for your photos. Access to some movies and TV shows (this is not available in France though)Īnd, most important for this article and for you (and me) as a photographer:.Access to some Kindle books (but you must have an Amazon Kindle).One day delivery at no cost, for some products.Exactly which services that are included depends on the Amazon site you subscribe to (or perhaps the country where you are), mainly: Prime gives you a number of premium services from Amazon. The price is similar in other countries, e.g.
(Prime is called “Premium” in some countries.)Īmazon Prime is a subscription service that currently costs 49 euros 50 euros per month in France. Earlier this year Amazon announced “unlimited storage of images” for subscribers to their Amazon Prime service.
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