I once shot about 30 rolls of stills and motor drive sequences for a moving picture production company. I just shot a slate on frame one of each roll. Paul
> 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 >
