Sunday, July 7, 2013

Photo Book Update

I don't know how to say this, but the book I have been working on is gone. The pictures that I picked for the book are still here, but the design has vanished. It's another lesson learned. It all started with my user profile in Windows that got corrupted (again) and I wasn't able to log back in Windows any more. I reinstalled Windows on a new drive, but kept the old boot drive in the system so that I can copy the files to the new drive. Everything worked as expected, and I downloaded and installed BookSmart on the new drive, and that's when things got screwed up. For some reason, when BookSmart is being installed, it searched for existing installations of the itself, and found the old copy on my old boot drive, and install wiped out the files there. Book is gone. I had a copy I exported, but BookSmart wouldn't import it back.

Partly, this is my fault. I should have finished it long ago but didn't. I should have taken better care to backup the files, but assumed too much. I will redo the book, but this time, I will just make it simple with pictures only. I don't think I can go through and redo all the writings I did for each lens.

Rain drops - NEX-6 & Kiron 28mm f2 [MD Mount] @ f2. Click for larger.

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  1. AnonymousJuly 7, 2013 at 12:15 PM

    I think you should finish the project in its full glory.

    Except this time use a Cloud backup service like DropBox or Copy.

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    1. Lens BubbleJuly 7, 2013 at 8:01 PM

      Thanks for the advice. I will definitely try DropBox or Google Drive, and see if the speed is an issue.

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  2. Emmanuel DiazJuly 8, 2013 at 3:31 AM

    sad. been awaiting release of your opus. I know you'll find time to finish the book the way you envisioned the book to be. will eagerly await for the book till then.

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    1. Lens BubbleJuly 8, 2013 at 11:26 PM

      Thanks Emmanuel. I will reconsider. Thanks for your support.

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  3. DarkAlly123_YTJuly 8, 2013 at 8:35 AM

    Make the book which makes you happy, and I think sharing the detail about the lenses etc is what will make you happiest (based upon this blog).

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    1. Lens BubbleJuly 8, 2013 at 11:27 PM

      You are probably right. I wouldn't be happy if I know I can do better, but don't.

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  4. Tim BallJuly 9, 2013 at 4:16 AM

    Sad story, I feel for you. Is there some hope with, "I had a copy I exported, but BookSmart wouldn't import it back."? Could you retrieve it some other way to get the information if not the format?
    I hope you can.

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  5. JohnJuly 9, 2013 at 10:16 AM

    There is definitely hope in the fact that you have a copy exported. The text is all there, it's just a matter of retrieving it from the file somehow.

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