1. A digital image management method comprising the steps of: maintaining a database of image records; providing data sets, said data sets each being associated with a respective one of said image records, said data sets each including data in the following categories: capture related data including on camera viewing time, intrinsic image data, and image usage data, wherein intrinsic image data includes image quality data and image content data; generating a value index of a plurality of said image records from the respective said data set based on the categories; using one or more preset or user selectable value threshold or thresholds determined from the image records in the database; and managing said image records responsive to respective said value indexes and the one or more threshold.