Mark, I organize negatives by date, format, and number of rolls shot in a year. For example, a sleeve containing 120 format negatives might be marked 04-120-70, where 04 stands for 2004, 120 is the format and 70 is the 70th roll of 120 film shot in 2004. For 35mm, I just use 35 as the middle number. (For sheet film, I just note the year and number of the negative.) When I print a negative, I note these numbers on the back of the print and, for 35mm and 120 film, add the frame number in a circle. As I do not have clients, this system has worked for me for the last 10 years or so. Hope this helps. Jeffrey --- mark <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I need some help establishing a filing system for > about 20 years worth of > negatives and slides. For one reason or another I > have used the tried and > true > stack system which is a variation of the pile system > which is similar but > not quite the same thing as a shoebox in the closet. > In general I know where > everything is, it just takes awhile to get it. I > need to improve on this. > > These are all conventionally sleeved awaiting some > sort of naming technique > and databasing system. I would be interested to know > what people consider > important in their filing/database systems. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks > > Mark > > ============================================================================================================= > To unsubscribe from this list, go to > www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the > same e-mail address and password you set-up when you > subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================================================= To unsubscribe from this list, go to www.freelists.org and logon to your account (the same e-mail address and password you set-up when you subscribed,) and unsubscribe from there.