Log Books for the Film Photographer

A Kickstarter campaign for the Galaxy Handbook, a log book for film photographers, is underway. This log book is inspired by a find of the 1910 expedition to Antartica, the Terra Nova, a British expedition named after its supply ship, led by Robert Falcon Scott. In 2013, a photographer's log book from the expedition was found and restored by the Antarctic Heritage Trust in New Zealand. Every Galaxy Handbook purchased through Kickstarter will include a $5 donation to the group. The book will feature photos from the doomed expedition. It has many features for a wide variety of film photographers, including spaces for view camera photographers, darkroom work, and professionals and amateurs alike. Check it out.

If your film camera is new enough, there is an automatic means to log exposure information. Some late model film cameras from Nikon, Canon and Minolta record EXIF data. The Meta 35 project provides a way to program and download EXIF data and more from these cameras. It is possible to tag scanned images with the data or use the data later to log exposures.