darkslides - which side do you use first?

[Bandicoot]

Regarding opening and closing the holder to check if there's film inside - if you do it in the darkroom, the holder will always be empty, naturally if you're in the light, there will be film in the holder.

If Shroedinger had only known that he wouldn't have had to shut his poor cat in the box.


Peter

[haziz]

Light-unexposed/dark-exposed. My problem is which side do I use to indicate "unloaded?"

Ditto:

White Unexposed.

Black Exposed/Empty. I tend to have the Dark Slide lock protecting the darkslides when loaded, then turning it to "neutral" when empty. Problem is they rarely stay put.

My question to the group is how do you keep track of your N, N- and N+ sheets after exposing without individually labeling every holder and elaborate record keeping. I am simply too lazy to do that and hence tend to do only N development, unless using Quickloads, in which I write on the individual envelope.

Thanks.

Sincerely,

Hany.

[NavyMoose]

I use the Ansel Adams standard of white for unexposed and black for exposed. I'm a recovering accountant and tend to be "detail oriented" on some things. Since I'm new to large format and I want to learn from my mistakes, I keep a log for each shot I take.

Now, if I could only load the sheets in the proper track each time......

[Steve Smith]

Ilford 120 roll films also follow the convention (I'm not sure about other manufacturers).

i.e. the backing paper is white on an unexposed roll and black when it is exposed and wound onto the take up spool.



Steve.