Re: [Largeformat] Chromes and Travel.

[Les Newcomer <lnphoto@ismi.net>]

When I run film tests the way I seperate the negatives is to clip
certain corners.  It's not an easy solution, but it will work.  To allow
for more than 4 different scenes, I use a sort of binary system.
Running clockwise, the upper right corner has a value of 1, lower right
value of 2,  lower left value of 4 and upper left a value of 8. By
selectively adding the corners together you can have  15 different
scenes.  (after that I start all over again, but will cut a v-notch in a
side) The scrapbooking hobby has a nice corner rounder that works well,
although I added some bits and pieces to a toe nail clipper that works
well too.
sheet 1  upper right corner
sheet 2 lower right corner
sheet 3 upper and lower right corner
sheet 4 lower left corner
sheet 5 lower left upper right
sheet 6 lower left lower right
sheet 7 lower left, lower right, upper right.

Karl Wolz wrote:

> Good idea, but not gonna help in this instance.  The goal is to keep
> film
> sorted BEFORE it's processed.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "BASS" <coaie@empnet.com>
> To: <Largeformat@egroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 9:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Largeformat] Chromes and Travel.
>
>
> > Riteway makes a 4x5 holder that has a numbered dial in the corner.
> 0-99
> > Works much like a name plate one sees on a x ray!
> > I saw this in the Calumet book. Sounds like a easy solution.
> >
> > Tim Bass
> > WideLight Ltd.
> > Bend, Oregon
> >
> > Virgile Simon Bertrand wrote:
> >
> > > Dear All,
> > >
> > > I'm relatively new is the field of large format photography and I
> > > still have a lot to learn. The mailing list is a great tool.
> > >
> > > So far I've been using a Technikardan S45 that I'm very happy
> with,
> > > compact, ideal companion for architectural photography on the
> road.
> > > Never had a problem to cross borders, Xrays, etc...it always
> worked
> > > just fine both hand and checked luggage up to 1600ISO even at
> London
> > > Airport !
> > >
> > > Well my current problem is this: sometime it happens that I cannot
>
> > > process chromes in the country I'm shooting. I spent 3 days in
> > > Cambodia and brought back home  50 4X5 slides total (25 shots as I
>
> > > always shoot twice for each frame). I'm usually carrying along 10
> > > holders and have of course to unload the exposed films on spot.
> BUT
> > > I've not find yet the perfect organisation to keep the slides in
> > > order. I've been trying to unload the holders one by one in two
> > > separate boxes (let's call them A&B). I have  then two piles of
> > > identical shots hopefully in the same order (first shot on top
> when
> > > facing emulsion).  I'm processing the box A first. Then depending
> on
> > > the results I should be pulling out the slides from the box B that
>
> > > would require a push or pull processing.
> > >
> > > The main problem is that I cannot be 100% sure that the lab did
> not
> > > mixed up the chromes when processing the box A. In that case the
> box
> > > B
> > > is useless and I can't correct the exposure mistakes I did on
> > > location.
> > >
> > > Has anyone got the perfect trick ?
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > > Virgile Bertrand, Paris/Hong Kong.