p.1 #1 · Good idea to use Flickr Pro for image storage?
I was thinking of using Flickr Pro to upload all my images to. I already have them elsewhere but would like more redundancy, just in case. Is this a good solution? I am using Flickr anyway to post images. Is there a loss in quality from the original file if you upload the full rez version, then download that later?
p.1 #3 · Good idea to use Flickr Pro for image storage?
personally I'd never trust a site like flickr with my data archive. secondly it would be too cumbersome imho to manually upload every single file to flickr. Can you even upload raw files? I don't use flickr enough to say if they have a desktop app by now but I'd stick to an online cloud service from amazon/google/apple whatever.
p.1 #6 · Good idea to use Flickr Pro for image storage?
jj1804 wrote:
personally I'd never trust a site like flickr with my data archive. secondly it would be too cumbersome imho to manually upload every single file to flickr. Can you even upload raw files? I don't use flickr enough to say if they have a desktop app by now but I'd stick to an online cloud service from amazon/google/apple whatever.
It will be one of my data archives. Not the sole one. They do not allow DNGs
p.1 #7 · Good idea to use Flickr Pro for image storage?
I’m a lot more comfortable with redundant hard drives than online storage. You can also have another at an alternate location in case something happens at home.
Amazon, Apple and Google all have limitations on file types, so anything you have in DNG format might have to be converted. What a PITA!
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p.1 #8 · Good idea to use Flickr Pro for image storage?
I'd be concerned about intellectual property rights.
p.1 #9 · Good idea to use Flickr Pro for image storage?
EB-1 wrote:
There are loads of T&Cs that give pause, especially as it is not for commercial/business.
The file formats are also limited.
EBH
OP is asking about backing up his images. Which popular formats are not supported by Amazon Photos? I’ve never had a problem backing up my RAW files from Canon and Sony cameras.
p.1 #12 · Good idea to use Flickr Pro for image storage?
I signed up for Flickr Pro a few days ago because I needed to post a couple of hundred pictures for people to access. I shot an event and needed a site where I could store the pics at full size resolution (jpegs). The idea was for folks who attended the event could download, print and share the images with their friends and family.
I currently have Amazon, Pbase, plus several external hard drives for storage.
Here are my thoughts about Flickr Pro:
- Storage is unlimited.
- You can download and share the images in full resolution.
- It's relatively inexpensive.
What I don't like about Flickr:
- It is the most unintuitive site I have had to use in a long time.
- The phone app is useless except for checking your stats.
- The desktop version is easier to use, but still nowhere near "user friendly". It feels like they hired an angry middle school kid with limited real-life work experience to design the site.
- If you are lucky enough to figure out how to download your pics, sharing the gallery link via text is extremely unreliable. You can send the link to one person, but then all sorts of glitches occur if you want to send it to another person. You have to log out, then log back in a couple of times before you can send it to a second person. I found it easier to just copy and forward the link I sent to the first person from my phone's text history instead of from the actual gallery. In other words, I forward the text itself.
Again, the complete opposite of user friendly.
I plan on keeping Flicker Pro only for this year since I paid for the whole year in advance; again I did this just to share the event pics with multiple people. To keep it simple, I don't plan on uploading anything else on Flickr...unless they hire an actual team of professionals who can fix this site to make it reliable and easier to use.
