Shel asked:
> Many of use have several bodies that we use frequently. How do you
> determine which roll of film went through which body?
>
> I've started to shoot the first frame on each roll with a picture of a
> card on which the body information is written, but, when in the field,
> ot's not always possible to do that. So, what's your solution?
That's what I do, with a bit of prep to make it easier. I've got a
spiral bound book of 4x6 index cards. The inside cover has my name
and address (in case a lab loses my film, something I worry about
less now that I'm not using drug store labs and mail order), and
labels for rows: Roll-ID, Camera, Film, Date, and Notes. The cards
are pre-numbered in very large type with successive Roll-IDs (e.g.
2002-001, 2002-002, 2002-003, etc.). I keep a Sharpie in my purse
and another in my camera bag. When I load a roll of film, I scribble
the Roll-ID on the cannister and fill in the fields on the first
unused index card. If I have time, I shoot a picture of the card
along with the inside cover, tear out that card, and throw the card
in my camera bag. If I don't have time, I might shoot the card later
in the roll or I might not (depending on how hectic things are).
Either way, I've got the card to copy into my spreadsheet when I get
home.
So one way of keeping the info works as a backup for the other. If I
lose the card, the info _should_ be on the film itself. If I don't get
a chance to put it on the film itself, I _should_ have the card to
refer back to. If I'm in a real hurry, I may just scribble an abbreviation
for the body on the card and put the roll-number on the can and leave
the rest of the information for later; that much doesn't take very long.
If all you want to track is which body was used, keep a Sharpie in your
pocket and write an abbreviation for the body on the film cannister as
you load it -- depending on how many bodies you have, a single letter
may be enough.
When I take my film to the lab, I jot the roll-ID on the outside of
the envelope in case the info didn't make it onto a frame. When I
manage to drop the ball entirely and forget to do that, there's usually
only one or two rolls that don't have the ID on the first frame, and
I can figure out which IDs belong to them by elimination.
-- Glenn
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