That first shot before "1"

[dazedgonebye]

What do you call those first 1 or 2 shots you take before the film counter reaches "1?"
Leader shots?

 

[ampguy]

Those are sometimes my "best shots", though I have to crop the weird side off.

 

[Peter_Jones]

"0" or "00" 🙂

 

[sweathog]

Magic!
I call them the cheapskate frames. that is not an insult at others, by the way, just a tongue-in-cheek reference to me trying to eke as much out of a film as possible.
Doesn't always happen though.

 

[dazedgonebye]

I find I'm getting 1 good frame and 1 frame with a ragged edge when shooting my bessa R3A.
I need to start pointing them at something on purpose.

 

[xayraa33]

"fairy frames"
it is the only part of the roll that can be used to photograph fairies or gnomes.

 

[SergioGuerra]

I do mostly self-portraits, most often out of focus because I'm inside and my arms are short 😛

 

[erikhaugsby]

Wind-ons. I don't use them for anything because if I did they would always be ruined by a lightleak or the sort.

 

[funkaoshi]

I usually snap a shot of myself in the mirror, if i'm near one.

 

[cpborello]

A shot of the camera in a mirror -- to let me know what lens I started the roll with.

 

[Rey]

Maybe we should call it careful film loading. I usually get one freebe per 35mm roll. Doesn't work for 120 through.

 

[Keith]

'Foreplay!' ... 😛

 

[BillP]

What do you call those first 1 or 2 shots you take before the film counter reaches "1?"
Leader shots?

"Tarquin" and "Rupert"

Regards,

Bill

 

[pevelg]

I usually can get one or two freebies, plus one half.

 

[erikhaugsby]

'Foreplay!' ... 😛

So then what do you call that abrupt stop at the end of the roll when you've run out of film halfway through winding?
:angel:

 

[marke]

A shot of the camera in a mirror -- to let me know what lens I started the roll with.

Good idea. I'll have to remember that.

 

[Keith]

So then what do you call that abrupt stop at the end of the roll when you've run out of film halfway through winding?
:angel:

'Filmus interruptus' of course! 😛

 

[jbh]

Feet! <g>

-jbh-