Save and retrieve photos?

My father prefers to take pictures with a camera. Over the years, some full memory cards have accumulated. To date, he has always archived the memory cards on an external hard drive. Now he wants something just for his photos, which he can use to quickly show them. I thought maybe of a tablet? Or what other options are there apart from the laptop?

My question: Is there a tablet, for example, on which a lot of pictures (approx. 500gb) can be saved and best edited with an app?

Well, there are tablets that can be "drilled out" with memory cards up to a TB. However, which are still affordable up to 500 GB.

And of course there are also neat apps for editing.

For example, the current Galaxy Tab S6 lite. That has a pen that makes editing easier. Mouse and keyboard can also be connected via Bluetooth, the picture quality is pretty good.

However, I would never recommend a Micro SDHC as the only storage medium. Always save the images in parallel on a hard drive.

Laptops, on the other hand, have larger screens than tablets.

The first question is: Do the pictures really have to be on the device or is it sufficient if they are on an accessible storage (e.g. A NAS in the network or Microsoft OneDrive - because it offers a lot of storage space)?

Yes, there are large memory cards - but not every tablet supports them.

In my view, using a tablet for editing is not an option. Tablets and the apps available for them are designed for finger operation and this (even if you use a pen) is never as precise as corresponding editing options on the PC.

My idea for a workflow would be:

Photos from camera to PC
Edit on the PC
Storage of the original and the processed status on a backup medium
Storage of the edited status in a cloud storage
Use a tablet to display images from the cloud storage

Thanks a lot. The processing of the pictures is rather secondary. First and foremost, it is about being able to save as many pictures as possible and to be able to call them up easily when required.

Thank you very much. Editing the images is of secondary importance. It is also not necessary to connect the mouse and keyboard. It's more about storing as many pictures as possible and being able to call them up easily. Are you perhaps aware of a cheaper alternative to the s6 tab?

Well, there are cheaper ones. But I didn't mean the S6, but the new S6 lite. It is not that expensive.

In general, the following applies: Cheaper tablets often do not have the brilliance of the display and are certainly slower, or may not yet be able to handle the large capacities of microSD cards. But I'm not a specialist.

My recommendation would be Lightroom CC with Excire Search pro.

The images can also be accessed from the cloud on the go
The search for specific images takes seconds
if you want you can also edit the pictures is not a must.