>>Does anyone use the Databack's? If so, I would be interested in hearing what
>>the uses are and any pros & cons.
>
>Beyond the obvious scientific datalogging uses I find, since I often use
>multiple cameras on extended road trips, that putting the date on at least
>one frame on each roll each day helps keep track of what was shot where
>without having to become a total "duty nerd" about record keeping. I
>usually find time on the frame to be less useful, E X C E P T astrophotos
>where having time on the first and or last frame of a sequence helps
>someone with my lack of organization keep "ground truth" from getting too
>far out of sync with my spotty records/memory.
>
>Cons. You betcha, there are cons! Forget the bugger is on when taking a
>sequence of "KEEPERS" and you will spend a lot of time trying to get rid of
>those #%^* @(umbers. (Pass the red eye pen, please.) Not every scenic
>or portrait "want's to be cropped sufficiently to lose the numbers.
>
>Maybe the OM-5n will have the option of putting date, time, and perhaps
>user entered data along the side of the negative in "mouse print", outside
>of the picture area by the frame numbers.
>
>Patrick
>
I wonder whether anyone ever considered designing a back that puts the date
on the end of the frame which is cut off anyway for standard enlargements
like 8x10.
Winsor
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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