The processor I send my E100SW to (PhotOregon in Eugene, Oregon) mounts them in plastic. Besides next day service, they also do custom imprints and I have my name imprinted on all of them. I used the same pen described below to number them, then record the info in a database using ClarisWorks for Mac. Although It took a while to get them all on a data base, I do have all of them recorded.
How do you all store your millions of slides??? Louis Thelen On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Warren Sunkel wrote: > On Mon, 28 Jul 1997 23:30:53 +0000, David Lehlbach wrote: > > >So what do you do when you get cardboard mounts? How do you label them? I > >have the Avery stickers sized to fit, but I just don't like the tedious > >process of adding the stickers onto the slide, not to mention the difficulty > >of using them with a stack loader. Also of concern is the fact that after a > >few years will some of the stickers need to be replaced? > > > To which Warren replies... > > I believe David meant to say "plastic" in the first line of the above > paragraph. > > For my slides, I am content with writing a number on the slide mount > and keeping any additional documentation in a notebook or database. I > use a Sanford Ultra Fine Point permanent marker, available at office > supply supermarkets, to apply the number. You can also write your name > on the mount with such a marker, but not much else. > > I have had good luck with the permanence of the ink--something you > can't say about anything of the "stick-on" variety. > > My local E-6 lab returns my slides in Pakon mounts, but they're not the > same as the Pakon mounts I use here at home. Instead of sliding the > film into the mount, they bind the film by "riveting" the front and > back pieces together. I really like these plastic mounts because they > don't warp when the slides are mounted or at some future date when they > get mangled by a projector. > > I *do* own a slide projector, but I rarely use it. For traveling to > foamer fests, I use two 80-slot carousels. These work quite well, so > while other presenters are fussing about their jammed slides, I get to > tell jokes and identify clouds. > > > New subject: Storage of mounted slides. > > What do you-all think about archival sleeves that are stored in a ring > binder? > > I know Dave Cohen uses them, and I have adopted this method this year. > Yes, it's an additional cost, but the sleeves allow me to view my > slides in a hurry. This makes a big difference when picking slides for > a show. As a matter of fact, I've seen Dave put together a slide show > on his kitchen table *five minutes* before the show was to begin. :-) > > My slides in the little yellow boxes seem to stay there forever. At > least I can page through my binders and view those slides every now and > then. > > One final point: I don't shoot a jillion slides as the rest of you do. > So whatever opinions I express are those of a casual shooter ( <25 > rolls per year). > > Later, > Warren > > > --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects > --> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 2551
