As someone who is a network security professional I have to dispute this. Cloud services are an absolute necessity. You MUST have off-site backups. In case of a disaster (like fire, flood, or regional natural events like tropical storms and hurricanes) you can lose EVERYTHING that is at a single location of even a region. You should have, at a minimum, your "working" files, an external backup (on USB drive, NAS, server... whatever), and a CLOUD BACKUP in case of a larger scale disaster. This is a minimum if you value your files.

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Ph.D., CIO, CISO, CISSP

DigMyPics (https://www.digmypics.com/) will scan them for you. They do a great job at a good price and deal with nearly every media type. I had some "stereo slides" from the early 1950's and in their scanning process they combined the two (slightly different) slides from each picture into a single jpg.

I second CottonCarrier - I have used the Skout since it was released and found it effortless to carry the camera and to quickly take shots.

Don't subscribe. (Don't Use)

The file types they list are the file types they store for free, and do not count against your overall storage usage. In other words, files of the type they list are stored for FREE and other file types are charged against your paid storage.

I have two Separate NAS devices - one for "working" photos and the other for an "All Photos Backup." For off-site storage I use my Amazon Prime photos account and recently uploaded more than 11,000 Canon RAW photos without issue. Using the Prime Photos application uses some CPU in the background, but the 11,000 photos took just over four hours to back up and I continued to use my computer as usual without any issue.

(and my case my camera is smarter and better looking also)

And, if everyone is being honest, most of us already have cameras that are far more capable than we are.

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Any camera that can take "a video 30 minutes or more in length" is defined as a "Video" camera and falls into a higher tariff category. Thus the 29 minutes and 59 seconds limit.

I was out today looking for some asbestos insulation to improve the R-rating in my attic. Did you know they don't sell asbestos insulation anymore? I had to buy some stuff I never heard of before! I'm going to go out now and take pictures of the dead weeds that I sprayed with Round-Up last week, with my Canon F-1. I just can't decide to shoot slides or film. Seriously, who asked this question AGAIN and how did it get to five pages of discussion before I received my digest?

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

What nadelewitz said! Laplink fails miserbly to do what it claims to do - it rarely restores programs in working condition. Data is simple to move, manually or with many programs. See https://www.windowscentral.com/how-transfer-your-data-old-pc-new-pc for options.

I see many discussions about storage, backup, retrieving photos from USB devices, SD Cards, etc.
I am posting some information about Synology NAS (Network Attached Storage) devices which come with software designed for Photographers. (I do not work for or have any financial interest in Synology, I have simply used their devices on large corporate networks for two decades). Note that a Synology NAS is a device with it's own interface and dozens of free software packages already on the device and ready to install. You have to purchase the hard drives seperately, but you can choose the number of drives and their size, and the RAID level you want to use (all through a simple, easy-to-understand web interface).

The text that follows is fromtheir News email which I receive periodically. Probably the most informative link is Synology Photo Station. Maybe this is a useful solution for many forum members. It is not intended to be an advertisement and I apologize in advance if this posting isn't appropriate.
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Why Photographers should use a NAS System for Storage
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Whether you’re a professional photographer winding down after the busy wedding season, or you’re simply sorting through summer vacation photos, now is a good time to rethink your photo backup plan. Synology offers intelligent, reliable photo storage and backup solutions, helping you get ready for a more creative and productive year to come.
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Photo backup has never been easier:
Sync from computer - Simply toss photos into a designated folder on your computer, and they’ll automatically be synced to your Synology NAS.
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Copy via USB
The USB Copy feature helps you copy photos from external USB or SD storage devices to Synology NAS, while offering multiple organization tools.
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Backup from phone
With DS Photo, you can auto-upload and easily back up photos from your phone to your Synology NAS, freeing up storage space on your mobile device.
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Never lose a precious photo
Synology provides a wide range of options for data redundancy, from real-time backup to RAID protection. Whether you’d like to save copies on a local shared folder, an external device, another NAS or cloud service, Synology gives you handy tools that support schedulable, multi-version, near-instantaneous backups, making sure your precious photos are well protected against disasters.
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Entire photo collection within hand’s reach
Synology NAS lets you quickly access your photos anytime, anywhere, from any device and browser, without having to deal with complicated network settings. When you need to transfer photos to clients or friends, just send them a sharing link and let them download the files directly from your NAS – save time, go green.
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Private cloud that expands with your needs
No matter how many terabytes of photos you have, there's no need to worry about storage space. As your photo collections evolve, Synology NAS can grow to accommodate your specific storage needs.
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How to Backup Photo and Video Files with a Synology NAS
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Having Affinity, ACDsee, Luminar3, ON1Photo Raw 2019, Aurora HDR, and all Anthropics products (having spent 40 years developing software and hardware I buy software more than lenses) I would give my vote to Luminar or Affinity depending on how much control you want. Luminar is easier for someone who does not do a lot of post processing.

However, you should be forwarned that NOTHING is free, and the cost may come as a monthly charge, an version update charge, and annual charge, or a subscription "support" charge (as long as you want to keep up with the latest version.)

Thanks for a bit of reason, LFingar. This announcement is like Costco saying there has been a sixty percent (60%) decrease in the sales of rotisserie chickens... not a reason for us to think Costco is now going to close it's doors due to this tremendous drop in retisserie chicken sales ;-)