This discussion has been great for those of us not copletely committed
to
a working system. Thanks to all for sharing the ideas.
I'll just briefly mention what I do although the shortcomings have been
pointed out, particularly in Joe M.'s excellent post.
I assign a film number when I load the camera as follows:
I put a roll of film in my F3 this morning,
the number is: 97081231
First six digits are date, then "3" for my F3, then "1" for the first
roll loaded today; next film loaded in F3 today would be 97081232, etc.
I write this number on the metal cassette with a Sharpie marker. This
number is written on the processing mailer receipt when it goes out.
I have a preprinted small notebook page where I write the notes for each
roll of film. This can be a pita when using several cameras at once.
When the slides come back, I stamp the roll number on each keeper and
write the roll number on the yellow or green box. Basic info on the
contents such as railroad and general location is noted on the box.
In theory, by referencing the roll number, I can find the notes for any
slide and then label it before sending out for publication or whatever.
Some selects get labeled and put in plastic pages if I know of a
definite
use for them. These are filed by railroad/state chronologically.
As I said the drawbacks have been mentioned and I need to get this
under control once and for all. I admire those of you who have been
doing this in a disciplined manner for years!
Mike Gardner
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