Suggestion, and advice - storage.

[Larky]

Hello.

First let me suggest to all of you who use large changing bags to load film into the tank to make sure it has no creatures living in it. I have just stuck a roll of film onto a spindle with a beast of a house spider crawling all over my hands.

Now, advice. I currently store all my negs in a paper bag they are thrown in and have tied themselves into a knot. I'm so bad at storing negs after I scan and didn't care, until now when I need to scan again! I've decided to tidy them up, but can't afford the silly expensive storage systems available. What do you lot do? I need some sort of box I think, every one I found in town was too small for a sheet of negs or too deep, meaning a large stack which would be hard to work through. I don't like ring binders as I find when they are full they are hard to handle and fall apart.

I'll post a picture later of my bag. 🙂

 

[Sparrow]

Just a thought…

 

[kully]

You can buy Clearfile sleeves and a folder to put those in. Check out 7dayshop.com - not too expenisive.

I used to be a proper tight-wad and stored the negatives in a single A4 piece of paper folded length-wise (one piece per roll). That's much better than chucking them in an Aldi bag.

 

[Larky]

Ahh, I like the paper idea! I'm off to town in a bit I'll look for a nice box to store them in for the time being. I'd have to order over 1000 plastic wallets from 7 Day Shop, two reams of paper will work for now.

 

[fidget]

I'm cheap too. After trying some clear-file filing I now store my negs in paper postal envelopes in shoe boxes.
Each envelope is numbered with the date (in reverse to help computer searching) and scans of at least the best of the shots held on PC.

 

[Larky]

I'm cheap too. After trying some clear-file filing I now store my negs in paper postal envelopes in shoe boxes.
Each envelope is numbered with the date (in reverse to help computer searching) and scans of at least the best of the shots held on PC.

THAT is how I will store, great idea. 🙂

 

[Sparrow]

THAT is how I will store, great idea. 🙂

The shift from kaolin to calcium fillers in the pulp means that even very inexpensive paper is usually of low acidity these days; so any cheap envelopes should be OK, however Sod’s Law states that…

 

[Larky]

Very cool, I'll tell my girlfriend that she's doing her Archiving MA. Off to the envelope shop...