Switching to scanning rolls: How to archive the negatives?

• cayenne said:

  Hi all,
  
  I'm trying to develop a workflow (no pun intended). so that I can scan all my MF and 35mm by roll and not have to cut them out into strips or individual images....
  But that brings to mind, how do I now archive them safely AND be able to know where to go back to reference them if I need to access the original negative again?
  
  I mean, I started down the path, cutting strips of negatives, scanning on flatbed...and then putting them into the sleeves which go into a ring binder.
  
  I can thumb through the pages to find and look at the negatives when I want.
  
  But if I"m doing film not with film holders that allow me to scan rapidly with my digital camera as the "scanner"...how do I archive and easily reference the rolls of negatives now that are left uncut and not in a binder?
  
  Thank you in advance,
  
  cayenne

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  Do you really need to scan every frame on a roll?
  
  I started to scan all of my slides, and after doing eight or ten, I realized it would probably be a good idea to ruthlessly edit the remaining thousand or so because of my age and life expectancy, not to mention mental health. It’s not like I didn’t edit them when I first got them back from processing, but there is a different selection criteria when you are faced with scanning a slide versus sticking it in a slot on a PrintFile page.
  
  I definitely would not leave the film rolled up. Just cut them up and stick them in PrintFile pages. Number the PrintFile page. Scan only the frames you want to print or post to the web. Note PrintFile page and frame number for the images you scan.

cayenne said:

I mean, I started down the path, cutting strips of negatives, scanning on flatbed...and then putting them into the sleeves which go into a ring binder.
cayenne

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