Hi, Friday, April 8, 2005, 4:53:57 PM, Rick wrote:
> The problem: I send my slide film out for processing > (to The Slideprinter) about 5 rolls at a time. I > number the rolls, and ask the lab to note the roll > numbers on the slide boxes. Sometimes that happens, > and sometimes not. Last year I came back from a trip > with 15 exposed rolls, and the boxes came back with no > numbers, which was a real pain. > Soooo...how do others keep track of rolls through the > lab? Is there some way to quickly and indelibly mark > the leader? I haven't found a way. When I'm shooting a lot of film over a reasonable period of time I pre-number the rolls by writing on the can. When I load the film into the camera I write the film number in my notebook, and write my notes under that film number. If I send the films to be processed using a mailer, I stick the numbered mailer label with the film number. The processed film is returned with the mailer number attached - this is true for Kodachrome in Europe, and Scala in the UK, anyway. If I take the films to a lab, then I ask the lab to keep track of the numbers, and they usually do this without demur. It's the sort of thing you should expect from a decent lab. If for some reason a film loses its number, I have memory and my notebook to refer to. This method has worked for batches of up to 100 films. -- Cheers, Bob
