Gadgets - The Shooting Label

[Joanna Carter]

Hi folks

Well, the Grandes Images design department has been busy cooking up another gadget for your delectation and delight

May we present the Shooting Label



We cannot claim the original idea for this; I saw a simpler version of the idea, using cards, on a photographer's site which I can no longer find, but we thought it would be even better to have labels that can be filled in on site and then attached to Quickload sleeves.

We ask the labs to return our sleeves and place the trannie, in its plastic sleeve, back inside the Quickload, thereby documenting the shot. Then we use a box to hold the Quickloads as if they were "folders" in a "filing cabinet". Of course, you could also attach a "contact print" of the image to make identifying them easier.

[DJ]

Do you find the lab give you grief about putting the trannies in the same envelope from which they came?

I can see them doing it, but begrudgingly at best

I've never tried quickload to be honest, the 50% price hike always made me wince. That said, I've not found a way to correlate my dark-slide shots with my "in the field" notes, I just have to try to work out which is which when the lot arrive back from the lab, and that's not exactly helpful to learning from your mistakes I guess

[Joanna Carter]

Do you find the lab give you grief about putting the trannies in the same envelope from which they came?

The lab don't put the trannies into the sleeves, they just use a chinagraph pencil to write a number on the plastic sleeve that they provide, and a matching number on the Quickload sleeve. We then put the appropriate trannie into the Quickload.

I've never tried quickload to be honest, the 50% price hike always made me wince. That said, I've not found a way to correlate my dark-slide shots with my "in the field" notes, I just have to try to work out which is which when the lot arrive back from the lab, and that's not exactly helpful to learning from your mistakes I guess

We found that the cleanness of the trannies, compared with DDS, saved so much time spotting, and we also make sure that we take advantage of special offers like Robert White's 3 for 2 offers on Fuji colour Quickloads. We can also obtain out of date Acros B&W for only £15 per box of 20.

[Quentin]

If you wet mount, spotting is less of an issue. Usually you wet mount if you are using a drum scanner, but you can do the same with flatbeds like the Epsons with good results.

No one has, so far as I am aware, developed a quick load system for 8x10 unfortunately I always used to use quickloads for 4x5 for sheer convenience.

Quentin

[Henry]

DJ,

I've adapted my DDSs by putting dymo numbers on the white chinagraph line, and a corresponding binary code cut into the fold out lip which matches up with a ruler with a binary decoder - the idea isn't mine, I took it from 'Way Beyond Monochrome' and it works fine - now I can match my negs/trannies with notes I take using the holder side number for reference, and the binary code on the neg/tranny itself.

Kind regards,

Henry

[Tom]

Are these labels availiable anywhere.

T

[Joanna Carter]

I used Adobe Illustrator to create the label. I will dig out the file and post it as a PDF file later tonight or tomorrow.

[Tom]

Joanne - did you find the label

[Horseman]

Hi everyone,

Henry, the fold out lip that you have cut binary code into, where is it and how did you cut the code, I would be interested to use this technique as I have been considering ways to ident the sheet film when it comes back from the processor.

Thanks

[masch]

Henry, the fold out lip that you have cut binary code into, where is it and how did you cut the code, I would be interested to use this technique as I have been considering ways to ident the sheet film when it comes back from the processor.

Ralph Lamprecht, one of the authors of the book (Way beyond Monochrome) has the details on his website. Infortunately, the URL currently eudes me

I'll look it up tonight.

Marc

[Joanna Carter]

I have posted a PDF file of the film label, on my web site at the following address :

http://www.grandes-images.com/technical ... Labels.pdf

[Horseman]

Thanks Henry, think I found the site at

www.darkroommagic.com but can find no mention of the method!

Thanks Joanna for getting me sorted onto this forum, Much appreciated

[Horseman]

Sorry,

should have been

Thanks Masch !!

[Horseman]

Aaah,

and it should have been

www.darkroomagic.com

Not darkroommagic.

Can I start again?

[Tom]

Joanne,

Manys thanks for this, can I ask one more question, what address label paper (print type/code) do you print them out on or do you just use one large sheet of sticky and cut?

T