Hi, > ann replies, somewhat testily :) > Jeez, Bob ....
oops... > I have notes and numbers up the wazoo might be a good place to keep all that film you keep losing <g> > - I've only been doing this stuff for 35 years. Sorry Ann - wasn't thinking. But some of the most disorganised people I've ever met have been professional photographers. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, June 06, 2002, 6:59:28 PM, you wrote: > Bob Walkden wrote: >> Hi, >> >> annsan wrote: >> > I don't think I've gone on a trip without either actually losing a roll of exposed >> > film or thinking I had >> > when I got home and looked at the results. >> >> Bob instructs: >> to avoid this you should number your films in advance, and keep a >> notebook where you write down the film number as you put it into the >> camera, and write basic caption details (who, what, where, when, why) >> and basic exposure notes such as EI if you're not rating it normal >> (you should also write this on the can, of course). >> This is essential if you're on a long trip shooting a lot of film, otherwise >> you're likely to lose track of the photo details. It also means you can account >> for each roll when you've finished the trip > ann replies, somewhat testily :) > Jeez, Bob .... > I have notes and numbers up the wazoo - I've only been doing this stuff for 35 years. > I was kinda kidding , but no matter how careful you are, there is an emotial element > especially when the action is hot And anyone, no matter how well they plan, can >drop a > roll of film off a mountain trail when scurrying to reload, etc. But the _feeling_ >that > you must have lost a roll somewhere because that shot in your head is not on your >film > has more to do with, I think, the shot you didn't click off > for any number of reasons. > Bob W continues: >> .Of course, the other essential thing is to put all the finished rolls >> in the same place. That is, take a bag specifically for used rolls of >> film rather than just tossing them into a suitcase somewhere where >> they're all loose and easily lost. > Of course ( and see above.) I actually use two small coolers - one for pre, one for > post. > Each roll of film has a color code on the canister for the film type where I write >the > number > AFTER it is exposed. I carry a small notebook , one camera loaded with color, one >with > black and white > (or two different kinds of film, anyway) and a third in the car in case one dies on >me. > I start at > the front of the notebook with numbers and codes and turn it upside down and start at > the > back for the other camera. > I don't agree with numbering before shooting, though. Thats how I tell the unexposed > film > from the exposed film in my bag without opening the cannister. > I wrote more elaborate notes when I shot stuff for stock, which I really don't do > anymore, > so I tend now just to jot down essentials that I care about remembering. > I just was spinning off on that feeling that something essential disappeared. As for > losing things, > it does get worse the older I get... I probably left at least one item in every >place I > stayed last > fall over the 2 months I drove across the country. But I didn't actually lose any >film > - I just mislaid > some of it once I got home. > annsan - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
