A weekend family outing took us to The Grand Ole Pumpkin Patch located in Clanton, Alabama. The weather was gorgeous and perfect for getting ready for Halloween.
I noticed one very interesting thing while at the farm, the Canon Digital Rebel Digital SLR camera has unbelievable market share. I saw about a dozen of those units (and I include all the upgraded models as well) at the pumpkin patch. I have the original version and still use it as a backup. Without a doubt SLR photography has made its way to the masses. I think this is a great thing as the more popular Digital SLRs become the more likely hardware prices, including lenses, will fall.
Noticing all the high mega-pixel cameras also got me thinking about how much data must be out there. How does everyone backup their photos? Do they even think about that? I am thinking about using Amazon's S3 backup service (thanks to a tip from a friend) as my photo storage at home is still vulnerable to things like fire or theft even though I back-up my data locally. It seems like online backup has gotten to a point where it should seriously be considered for home users. Does anyone out there use an online backup service they are happy with? I would love to hear both the good and the bad.
I hope I can get back to photography now that I am less busy. Seems like the camera has been neglected lately.
back up? we're supposed to back our files up? wtf?
Only if you think you might need them one day.