In times past, photographers often wrote on the film edge to identify the shot and provide a reference for cataloging the film. This is still required for some forms of historic HABS preservation photography, which I still do in Texas with large format film. In choosing pens, Schaf Photo helped
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how do you guys identify stored negatives? i am currently using post-its lmao : r/AnalogCommunity
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