I've found that out about the permanent markers.
The lab I've been using is mail-order, and several
rolls go into one bag. Their service has generally
been good, and the quality of the processing is
excellent. Service has been a bit off lately, I
suspect because the volume of E6 processing is
dropping.
Rick
--- Alin Flaider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Rick,
>
> I found that the fixing bath is aggressive enough
> to delete any
> "permanent" marker. If lab's cooperation is not an
> option I suppose
> you can always mechanically stamp your rolls by
> punching some holes.
> Just make sure you it's not on the first 5 cm
> which the lab usually
> cuts.
> BTW, do you send the rolls by mail or do you
> deliver it yourself?
> Personal contact makes people more responsible.
>
> Servus, Alin
>
> Rick wrote:
> RW> The problem: I send my slide film out for
> processing
> RW> (to The Slideprinter) about 5 rolls at a time.
> I
> RW> number the rolls, and ask the lab to note the
> roll
> RW> numbers on the slide boxes. Sometimes that
> happens,
> RW> and sometimes not. Last year I came back from a
> trip
> RW> with 15 exposed rolls, and the boxes came back
> with no
> RW> numbers, which was a real pain.
>
> RW> Soooo...how do others keep track of rolls
> through the
> RW> lab? Is there some way to quickly and indelibly
> mark
> RW> the leader?
>
> RW> Don't anyone bother to tell me to switch to an
> MZ-S or
> RW> istD/DS!
>
> RW> Rick
>
>
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