For some reason I am
really anal about keeping records. When I
am out with my camera I write all my aperture, shutter, metering etc settings
down in a notebook. When I develop the
film I add even more notes to the notebook, then when I’m printing I will make
notes on each print I make. Each roll of
film is given a designated number, as is each frame on the roll. These numbers are used from
loading the camera to the making final prints.
The problem I’m
having is that when I go to print I always forget to pickup my notebook. Doesn’t sound like much of a problem but in all honesty it’s
a pain in the bum having to go back into the house, dig out my camera bag and
then go back to the shed. How to resolve
this problem? Why, another spreadsheet of
course! And as usual I will be sharing
it with all my readers, I have designed it so that it (hopefully) covers
everything I’ll need to record. When I get
home after a shoot or after I have developed a film I will transfer all of my
exposure and development data onto this sheet from my notebook and store it in
the darkroom in my negative file along with the contact sheet and any print
records. That way if I go back to a
negative weeks, months and years down the line I don’t have to trawl through
the messy handwriting in my notebook.
Hopefully some of
you will find this useful anyway, as always if you can think of anything to add
let me know. Follow this link to download a copy for yourself. As always i will post a link in the downloadable resources section of this blog. It's all pretty self explanatory, the only thing i need to mention is the MLU and CR boxes. These are boxes for you to tick if you used mirror lockup and/or cable release.
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