Well, let me be honest: I'm not a real man. I back up my photos and files to an OCD like extent. And you should do the same.
Canon is better than Nikon - I have good reasons to love Sigma - External batteries for the speedlite rules!
Slides from the Copenhagen Carnival 1983 scanned with my Reflecta Pro 7200 scanner
I have equipped my camera obscura with some better hardware to get better control and in the end better images with it.
I supported a successful Kickstarter campaign which aimed to make a small and inexpensive Camera Obscura. I received and built my camera – and I already love it.
If your photos are going on the web, there are several things you can do to get small files, yet decent image quality
Some of my many fishing pictures
Ingvar Cronhammar's sculpture Elia in Herning, Denmark.
Springtime 2014 images. Various cameras and lenses.
Various shots from early 2014. Assorted bodies and lenses