Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/09/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've always wondered about that ... putting negatives into slide mounts and throwing out the regjects. Don't you ever get a feeling a reject might have some value later on? Or are you very conservative when it comes to rejecting (or liberal when it comes to saving)? I certainly see the benefits of this. Daniel On 9/16/05, Tina Manley <images@infoave.net> wrote: > Feli - > > I have over 500,000 negatives catalogued, but I cut them apart, mount > them in slide mounts and file them by country and then > subject. Mounting them separately allows me to group by subject, > throw out the rejects, and have them ready for scanning. The slides > are mounted in archival hanging slide pages in lateral filing > cabinets. My filing system is based on the old PhotoTrack software > with numbers for every country and 99 different subjects. > > I'm only about two years behind in mounting negatives ;-) Now if I > just had all 500,000+ scanned! > > Tina > > > At 02:33 AM 9/16/2005, you wrote: > >I realize this is a big subject, but can anyone give me an insight in > >to how they > >log and keep track of their negatives? After several years of > >shooting, the > >rolls are starting to add up to a significant number, and finding > >shots is becoming > >problematic. > > > >Right now I'm labeling everything by date and roll number, and filing > >it in sequential order. > >But how do you keep track of what shots are on what roll? > >Anyone out there using a database? A log book? > > > > > >thanks, > > > >Feli > >________________________________________________________ > >feli2@earthlink.net 2 + 2 = 4 > >www.elanphotos.com > > > > > >NO ARCHIVE > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Leica Users Group. > >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >