film slr new user - good practices

I'm doing a beginner slr camera course soon with my girlfriend.
She has a digital - so all the exif data is automatically stored
for her.

I've got a hold of my father's very old (circa 1978) film slr
camera. I got a new battery for it's light meter. Seems to
work. I bought some film and am keen to test it out and see how
it goes.

I was wondering what the film gurus do in terms of every photo's
settings and recording them. I mean, for every shot you take, do
you have a notebook and write down the shot no, shutter speed and
so on?

 

Only if I'm doing something out of the ordinary, and want to record my
results for further reference. For example if I'm doing night shots, or
waterfall shots etc, I might do this.

 

Yep its a notebook and pencil unless you have a data back which will
record the info onto spaces between the frames. or a storage facility
in the camera which can be downloaded to a PC.

After a few rolls you would have a Digital camera paid for

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| I'm doing a beginner slr camera course soon with my girlfriend.
| She has a digital - so all the exif data is automatically stored
| for her.
|
| I've got a hold of my father's very old (circa 1978) film slr
| camera. I got a new battery for it's light meter. Seems to
| work. I bought some film and am keen to test it out and see how
| it goes.
|
| I was wondering what the film gurus do in terms of every photo's
| settings and recording them. I mean, for every shot you take, do
| you have a notebook and write down the shot no, shutter speed and
| so on?

Canons T90 had a command back (if you have a PC that can talk to it!)

Pentzx's MZS recorded info between the film frames

aside from that a portable tape recorder is a good way or pen and paper if
you like


either way, it's a good way to learn about your successes/failures re
exposure .. eventually the experience gathered will leave you more capable
of judging exposure correctly and less reliant on a light meter. Irrelevant
if you're a shoot/delete person but invaluable if you're a MF/LF film
shooter

k

 

* k is quoted & my replies are inline below :

The camera was circa 1978 ;-)

That's what I figured. Thanks.

 

For what you are doing Troy, write it all down. Not just the camera
settings but also the conditions around you. Enjoy it! It should be a
good experience. You will learn a lot.

 

* Avery is quoted & my replies are inline below :

Thanks
I'm sure it seems tedious at first, but will become less so with
time and experience.