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    review please

    I bought the Sanho Hyperdrive Space after seeing it at PMA.
    Please could you add it to the reviews section?

    I'm impressed with it, does what it says it will.
    Put in a card, it switches on, press copy, when it's done pull out the card, it turns off.
    Can't get much simpler !
    PAul

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    Re: review please

    I am trying to design a version of this product more suited to me. One that also sorts out the images for me then keywords and processes them in Capture One while bringing me a cold beer. The infostore equivalent of a Lazyboy armchair ;o)

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    Re: review please

    While you're at it then ...
    ENTRY
    1) load images from memory cards into folders on the PC
    2) copy from original folders to photographer/event folders
    UPDATING
    3) automatically update photographer/event/copyright etc as IPTC entries
    4) use image recognition to find racecar numbers
    5) using database of car/driver for the race
    a) enter driver's name as IPTC keyword
    b) enter team name as IPTC keyword
    7) if no car number, use image recognition to find driver's helmet
    8) using database of driver helmets
    a) enter driver's name as IPTC
    b) enter team name as IPTC
    9) use FFT to establish regions of sharpness
    a) rank image 0-5 based on sharpness
    b) downgrade rating by 1 point for repeating low frequency noise (e.g. out of focus fence)
    ACCEPT/REJECT
    10) quickly display all loaded images about 2/second (optionally by rank)
    a) Flag as Pick on pressing Enter key
    b) Flag as Reject on pressing Backspace key
    c) stop sequence on pressing Space key
    d) while stopped <- and -> keys navigate images
    e) restart stopped sequence on pressing Space key
    11) move picked images to (Event)Candidates folder for further review
    SUBMIT
    12) from candidates, move to (Client) folders
    13) automatically, per client by preferences
    a) convert (to JPEG/TIFF/DNG/PNG) at defined resolution
    b) watermark as defined in client options
    c) send out with email/ftp/upload as defined in client options
    d) log transmission

    COPYRIGHT optional, probably useful for US ?
    14) from original folders
    a) prepare copyright office submission form(s) for unpublished work
    b) burn original images to media for submission
    c) log submission for copyright registration
    PAul

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    Re: review please

    Can it beer a walkman and a beer cooler too?

    Maybe a version with small robots that go and do the job for me and collect the cheque would be excellent!
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    Re: review please

    That's some workflow BTW. Out of interest what DAM program are you using?
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    Re: review please

    I have no decent DAM yet.
    I'm trying to set up Lightroom, but it's sneering at my computer.
    3.7Ghz Dual Core Pentium, 2G RAM and it's not even coming close to working with 70,000 images.
    Oh it loads, it runs (sometimes), and it crashes spectacularly.

    It works well enough to make me want to persevere, but if I need a hardware upgrade then I'm inclined to jump ship and get Aperture and a Mac instead - just for photography work.


    That workflow is what I think I'd want for serious motorsport photography. I spend SO much of my time sorting out who's in the car, what car is it, which team is it, that my shooting gets far far in advance of my keywording. If my plan for bringing in a couple of friends to shoot events works, then we will need some smarts in the mix.

    All my image retrieval is from memory. When it was taken, where it was taken, that is in the folder structure of the hard drive. Then I can recall what the image looked like and scan through the thumbnails (if Lightroom doesn't lock up) fast to the right file.

    As my collection gets bigger, in the 30000 images per year mark (no they aren't all keepers!) then my pea-brain won't cut it. I have to have proper keywording.


    OH another event based requirement.
    For car trackdays (and other events) in software find the license plate and store the registration as a keyword.
    Then look at neighbouring images for cars of the same shape/colour and assume if the LP is not totally readable that if there is a partial match then it's the same car.
    Might as well store the vehicle colour as a keyword too.

    Most people know their car registration
    The women know what colour it is
    PAul

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