Sleeving Film Negatives

Video Transcript

"So this is called negative sleeving. This is actually archival sleeving and I keep using the word a lot, and basically you don't want to store your negatives in something that's not archival when you've gone through so much trouble to make sure this stuff is going to last the test of time. You can buy packages of these, usually about twenty five sheets, for about seven bucks. When I first started doing this when I was a kid I was just not into, I was like why do I have to spend money on plastic. Now being a professional I understand how important using this type of material is. One, I can actually write notes saying who this is, when I shot it, what roll it is, and believe it or not it helps me immensely when I'm going back, sometimes a couple years, to see what I need to print. So this is thirty five millimeter plastic sleeving and this would be the sleeving for two and a quarter. So again, their wider and when I use large format, four by five, the same. A lot of this stuff is habit. If you get into just doing this type of work flow and a certain habit you'll work fine. So again, this is extremely important material to use when doing traditional dark room."