Notorious T.O.D. Loc: Harrisburg, North Carolina

Does that then push you to remember where you shot what. Personally I want to sort by whatever multiple categories make sense to me. Maybe that is because of my years working in document management. Saving some documents or images is useless if you can’t find it again fairly easily. That’s why I like Lightroom, it does a pretty good job fairly easily. It is also very flexible.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Kinda. I basically know (remember) what was at a location I shot and what wasn't. I know I have no pictures of lakes in my Albuquerque or Santa Fe shots. Then there's always the "Tag" field in the metadata.

polonois Loc: Lancaster County,PA.

I remember those. I even have one with the optional memory module stashed away in my attic. Bought it and never used it.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Wow! I forgot about the Sinclair!
That was AGES ago!

k2edm Loc: FN32AD

lotta eggs in one basket,eh?

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

You may be correct on your card - they know people will continue to pay more for that type/brand of card, kind of like people paying much more for an iPhone or iPad for the Apple icon. But this was just a standard SanDisk 1Tb SD which very well could be 1/10th the price in a couple years. 512 Gb are already down to $79 in just months.

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

Sure you are correct... with 10-20K hrs mine would fail in a year or two today. But back in the day I would listen for the "gravel sound" in the spin to know it was time to replace it. Today, assuming a 1 million hr MTBF, that is over 100 years running 24/7.

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

Yep, those were the days. My first XT also ran at 8 Mhz, that I over-clocked to 10 against all advice... but what speed!!! <grin>

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I bought several CF Memory Cards because the go on sale from time to time at various stores. There is no particular manufacturer that I prefer. So I stock up.

I generally use 16 GB and 32GB CF Memory Cards. Sometimes, a 64GB card will go on sale but that is rare. I have never seen a 128GB card on sale.

A 64GB card will sometimes hold about 7900 photographs. Generally, in camera folders make it easy to sort images by date.

When a card is nearing its capacity, I shut off the camera. I remove the card and then copy the files through my computer onto the hard drive. I organize it by files on the Drive. Any edited photograph has the file name changed slightly and a trailing alphabet letter is added. It is filed alongside with the original in a folder on the Hard Drive and is also stored here. Then I eject the card from the card reader and remove it. I will label each card by number and date.
The original card is placed in a waterproof case and filed away.

With 18 CF memory cards of various sizes I have yet to fill up a 1TB hard drive. With all of these cards they would pile up but I have them neatly organized.

Yes, it is tedious but I have time. Otherwise my wife will make me do the dishes and fold the wash. LOL!
As for reformatting them, I have heard many of the horror stories and avoid these tragedies by doing this.

scsdesphotography Loc: Southeastern Michigan