Roll Film: camera operator, keep a written record in sequence of every shot. A girl can be posted to take names and addresses just before the pictures are taken, keep them numbered in order, and make sure that none of the children in the line trade places.
Every roll film of film, then, should be numbered as it is taken from the Camera and that number should be retained as a permanent file number. Negatives from each roll film then should be numbered before the film is cut up for printing, and each roll film should be kept, from then on, in a separate envelope. This method, if adhered to scrupulously, will prevent mixup.
To realize maximum profits from this scheme, you must have the equipment and a system which permit you to operate on a high-speed and high-volume basis. Best Camera for the job is one of the all-electric automatic portrait machines which takes pictures on a roll film of 70mm film and it should be synchronized with speedlights. You can take a couple of hundred pictures on each roll film of this film, and process them all at once.
There is no monotony in rural subjects, either, and you may use anything from a view Camera to 35mm equipment to photograph people, farming methods, buildings, machinery, livestock and landscapes. Stick to the modern-not "tobacco roads."$4.00-less whatever professional discount you can wangle. Prints at these prices, mind you, are not the finest possible. A really fine print will cost about ten times the above amounts, or perhaps even more.
If you haven't 35mm equipment, you might work with Kodacolor, a negative-color film which is available in nearly all the roll film-film sizes. Kodacolor film is relatively expensive-it costs nearly $2 a roll film-but it has a greater film speed than the transparency color films, more latitude in exposure, and the prints which can be ordered are cheaper. A 3 x 5 color print from Kodacolor costs 32 cents, 5 x 7 is $1.50 and 8 x 10 is $3.50. Prints are made only by Eastman Kodak Co., ordered through your photo supply dealer, and the quality has been greatly improved in recent years.
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