Recording Film exposure.

Romanko said:

Don't tell others but I use a DSLR as a light meter. As a bonus I have a record of ISO, shutter speed and f-number as well as a digital image that I sometimes use as a reference when inverting tricky negatives. (I am aware that this is cheating and should be discouraged).

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I do the same with my micro 4/3 camera. However, I record the settings and any tilts, filters, and other details on a video recording on the camera and transcribe when I get him. The digital micro 4/3 also acts like a director's finder to set up the framing before taking out my LF camera and lens selection. I also switch it to BW on the back display when shooting BW film.

With 4x5 I write exposure, development, and location info on glassine negative sleeves. At days end, I cut a notch (or series of notches) in the sleeves edge for normal, plus, or minus development then empty the negatives from the film holders into their corresponding sleeves.

When on long trips, this means all the different developments can go into one box and then separated once back at home by feeling for the notches in the dark.

It also means the exposure/development info never gets separated from the negatives.

AnselMortensen said:

I'm disappointed.
I thought this thread was about something else.

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Ha. 2475 was the fastest film available 40 years ago. Big mushy grain but you could get EI 2000 or so. ESTAR base so very curly.
There probably isn't any left-- but if there was, someone would shoot it at EI 6400 and say that it looked pretty good (if you discounted the heavy fog).

For several years now I have carried a little notebook specifically for this purpose. Have to say, to this day it remains a virgin.