Dave Kennedy wrote: > > As my slide collection grows, I'm learning that chronological storage > in slide trays may not be the best solution for finding slides I'm > looking for quickly. > > So. A couple of questions. > > 1) What do you use as a storage medium for your slides? Slide trays? > Metal boxes? Plastic sheets? Other? >
Archival plastic sheets that hold 20 slides/sheet & fit into 3 ring binders > 2) Do you have a specific numbering/labeling system? How does it work? > I was trying to do a yyyyrrrff (YearRollFrame) numbering system, but > I'd like to hear about what you use. > Numbered by roll/frame. Frames are renumbered to eliminate numerical gaps caused by images that I threw away. > 3) Software. Do you use any slide specific s/w? Something that would > allow a numbering system, and category, and print labels? I was using a > Thinkdb Tinybyte on my Palm for tracking this, but this is not the > easiest way to enter lots of data either. > I structured a database with Paradox to meet my needs, the database is sorted by roll and frame numbers. Paradox was originally created by Borland and sold to Corel a number of years ago, I started using Paradox before Microsoft developed Access. I use queries on fields in the database to find slides, usually on the "subject" or "location" fields. > 4) Anything else > Keep in mind that this is strickly hobby level, so I'm not going to be > tracking 1000s of slides/year with this, nor am I able to spend > hundreds of dollars to do this. > Try to use a system that can last you a lifetime, it could be a lot of work transferring information to a new system > (obligatory pentax comment - they are all taken on Pentax gear :-) > Mine also. > dk > > ===== > Dave Kennedy > Arnprior, Ont. > Canada. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- David S. Nature and wildlife photography http://www.sheppardphotos.com
