Thanks for the reply, here’s what i’m thinking - and i’m still pretty fresh in ironing out these details:
- I wasn’t going to edit too much before or during scanning, and was going to scan everything unless there were very obvious bad negatives (i’ve got some 35mm with contact spots when i screwed up during developing) but for the most part everything i’ll take it all, including the subjectively bad ones
- Great advice on the testing. I’ve started doing that with a B&W and color but need to spend some more time on it still. One thing i’m trying to figure out is if i should maximize my sensor real-estate for 120 by shooting 2 digital frames for each film frame and stitch them together in lightroom. I’ve done that with some 1-off tests, and there’s some hassle with it but it produces a great file. I’m not sure though if it’s a better file than a single frame.
- For batch size, i was thinking i’d bite of 20-25 rolls at a time, shooting 1 roll at a time, converting and applying keyword templates and then moving on to the next roll. I want to make a couple of runs of this though first and maybe adjust my workflow accordingly.
It sounds like i’m thinking of lenstagger the same way you are. ITPC was my initial thought and i might just stick with that.
In terms of organizing the actual scanning work i was going to organize my negatives first, into film types and sets of 20-25 sheets each and put color coded labels on each sheet. Then once i’ve scanned that sheet i’ll add another sticker to it indicating it’s been scanned. As each set is completed it’ll get added back to a binder for storage. Those set numbers will be part of the keywording so when i need to go find the physical negative in the future i’ll have a reference location and won’t have to sort through too much to find it.