What Size Of Disc

weecalf | 17:07 Sat 21st Jan 2017 | Computers

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What size of a disc would you need to hold Approx 4000 photos of a phone

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sunny-dave

8gb should do it - 16gb would be a certainty.

bhg481

That's rather like asking "how many gallons of petrol would it take to drive from London to Edinburgh?" when you don't specify what sort of vehicle you are driving. We need more details.

sunny-dave

I assumed 1mb - 2mb per picture - virtually no phone pic will be more than that.

weecalf

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Phone has 3/4 thousand photos and messages come up memory full iPhone 5

sunny-dave

Yep - an 8gb memory stick/card should do it.

Gizmonster

All depends on the quality of your photos and therefore the size (in MB).
I thought that the average size would be 5 MB, so I just checked 3 random pictures in my phone:
5.49 MB, 6.92 MB, 5.80 MB

Even at an average of 5 MB per picture, you're gong to need 20 GB of storage, so I'd go for a 32 GB stick - all depends on the quality of the pictures though ...

weecalf

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thanks

sunny-dave

To be certain :

Tap the cog wheel (settings)

General
Storage and iCloud usage
Manage Storage
Photos and Camera
Photos Library = how much space your pictures are using

TheChair

There are two main variables that affect the files size: The sensor size and the compressibility of the content.
My Sony has a 23 Megapixel sensor, and a casual glance at my photos give file sizes between 3.4 and 6.9 MB, which would seem to imply that I'd need around 20GB to store 4000 photos.

Zacs-Master

Alternatively, you could just sign up to Microsoft one drive and sync your phone. All photos will be copied.

bhg481

Whatever size you decide to buy, buy two of them so that you have two copies. It's amazing how many people believe that digital media is foolproof and will last for ever. It isn't and may not. For the sake of a few pounds you could lose the whole lot.