a couple of weeks ago i was out shooting before dawn, hands numb from cold (it's california after all) and barely awake. i realized after taking a film holder out that i hadn't put the darkslide back in correctly, and had no idea which side i'd exposed. i took a guess, exposed what i thought was the other (unexposed) side, and then marked the holder as suspect. but i'll probably never develop the film, since i then had to re-do the shot.
some of you rocket scientists out there have probably figured this out. but i figured it out later on that day. rather than take a guess and get a 50/50 chance of being right, do this: start over with the holder. expose BOTH sides again, so you've taken three shots. one side will certainly be wasted, but you will be sure to have gotten at least one shot properly exposed. if i'd done this in the field, i could have wasted only a single sheet instead of two.
oh sure, i could be more organized. but it's good to have a plan B. thought i'd pass it along.
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