Be careful with BUP software. Windows changes your file times with BST and it causes huge problems with time syncs. Massive job changing the times back as well. I still have the excellent FileSync (discontinued) which will change the times back on either the target or source.

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CD's won't hold much DVD's are better and as long as a decent writer and brand such as Taiyo Yuden's are used they should be OK. True archival DVD's are also available at a price.

Unfortunately DVD writers now about £14 each aren't the same quality as they were a few years ago.

I recently transferred about 200 DVD-RAMs and Taiyo Yuden DVD's from about 2005 - 2012 back to HDD and didn't have a problem with any of them.

Hard drives from the same period were in some cases unreadable.

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I import all my snaps into dated folders such as .....
Photos_2017_Part1
and then subfolders such as..
2017-07-25_Guest_Beers etc.

I just copy to other drives using Teracopy from Explorer. That does a byte x byte verify.

Using an external HDD means I can take the photos to anywhere without needing to transfer them and can browse through them from any file manager.





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HGST drives are streets ahead of other makes for reliability

https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-q4-2015/


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You can get excellent 7200rpm external drives and they run fast and cool.
http://www.firstpost.com/tech/reviews/hgst-touro-s-1tb-review-a-really-fast-exte...

I use one all the time permanently connected via USB 3.0 I duplicate it to another (same make/size drive) about once a month and keep the two as main + backup. I put a colour coded sticker on each drive. Right now I'm using the RED set

When the drive gets full I just plug another empty one in and move the other pair to my storage library. I only use 1TB 7200rpm drives, although the BUP could be 5400rpm.

The DEL button is handiest button on the PC

Handy Hint

2 of these non perishable synthetic rubber bands round an external HDD enclosure stop it slipping especially when stacking them. Also reduces shocks.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alliance-Antimicrobial-Rubber-Inches-42649/dp/B0017TI7O...

They come from the US..... don't know how Amazon do it so cheap. £5.13

I did post a heads up to the Touro 500 and 1000 drives on here when Tesco's were clearing them at £20 and £30..... I bought about 10

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You've set the PS working space to sRGB it needs changing to AdobeRGB so that conversion isn't needed.

It's only when you save/export a JPG for webuse that you would historically convert it to sRGB, but most browsers can handle AdobeRGB now so you can leave it as AdobeRGB. That's all I ever do.

Expensive monitors that can display 100% AdobeRGB have been available for quite a few years. Hopefully all monitors will eventually display and show more colours than they do now. So it's worth using AdobeRGB now.

This page....
http://cameratico.com/guides/web-browser-color-management-guide/
has a link to a good browser test. Firefox is usually only partly set for color management and there is also a link showing how to use about:config to set it properly.


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This article deals with how to setup Photoshop.....

http://www.computer-darkroom.com/ps12_colour/ps12_1.htm

This page checks your browser...
http://www.gballard.net/psd/go_live_page_profile/embeddedJPEGprofiles.html

It's a bit out of date Firefox v3.6 ?

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Most browsers nowdays can handle colour correction so it doesn't matter if it's sRGB or AdobeRGB.

AdobeRGB JPEG's are very useful commercially see...
https://www.pentaxuser.com/forum/topic/photoshop-photography-plan--69-99-for-12m...#comm609690

Also here's a comparison between the two....
http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/sRGB-AdobeRGB1998.htm

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Very briefly check that the camera menu item is set to sRGB (default) and that your editor is set not to change it on import and that any saved files are saved as sRGB.

The other alternative is to use AdobeRGB throughout, but Pentax save the files with a different prefix if you do.

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This Leica fanatic couldn't see any difference

http://www.reddotforum.com/content/2015/02/the-great-debate-ccd-vs-cmos-part-1/

Also I don't think Live View works with CCD

Consider yourself lucky that you didn't move over to Leica for CCD
Some of them have corrosion problems ...

https://www.dpreview.com/news/4370451251/leica-announces-plans-for-peeling-ccds-...



Although Pentax users might enjoy that... something extra to moan about If they also run out of sensors.... great! moan! moan! and moan again!



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