Robland
Member
Is this Ansco 6x6 advanced to the 1st frame? I'm using Kodak T-Max 120/ISO 100.
Is there a site that displayes all the various paper (backing) markings for various 120 films? Maybe someone has a collection of scanned backings from different manufacturers in a gallery?
I also have a few Ilford Delta 400, are the markings common?
Is there a site that displayes all the various paper (backing) markings for various 120 films? Maybe someone has a collection of scanned backings from different manufacturers in a gallery?
I also have a few Ilford Delta 400, are the markings common?
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Steve M.
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Looks right to me. Take your shot and see if the number 2 arrives. I don't think you'll have any difficulty figuring out the other backings and their numbering. If that's an Apotar lens on your camera it's a great shooter.
RFH
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Yes, you're on the right track. For some reason Kodak uses a line instead of a 1.
MRohlfing
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Thomas78
Well-known
My brother had the same problem with a kodak ektachrom(?) film at his old hasselblad back.
colourblind
Member
Haha...glad I'm not the only one to pull that trick. Did the same on my Zeiss Ikon Nettar II
ruby.monkey
Veteran
Everyone else provides God knows how many arrows and dots as a warning that you're approaching the first frame. Kodak? *wind wind wind line wind wind* "Oh, hey - I'm on frame 2. How did that happen?"
Thank FSM for rollfilm cameras with rewind levers.
Thank FSM for rollfilm cameras with rewind levers.
Joao
Negativistic forever
Here is an Ilford example, probably other Ilford 120 films are similar (but I am not sure)
http://public.fotki.com/BlueWind/paper-strip-from-il/
Regards
Joao
GaryLH
Veteran
+1. Done that before too:bang:
Now I always count number of turns to first frame and slow down when it gets close...
Some of the red windows are darker then others which makes it even harder.
Gary
Thomas78
Well-known
One thing I noticed at Kodak Ektachrom ist that there are not dots or other symbols before the numbers, but small printed "KODAK" letters before the "I" which warn me now before I reach the "I".
robbeiflex
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It's a good thing you put "(advancing to the 1st frame)" in your title, because otherwise it would sound like you look to us to define how much money you have. 
That said, I know when my Rolleiflex has been sitting on the shelf for too long because it will skip the first frame of a film. When it's in regular use it doesn't do this.
Cheers,
Rob
That said, I know when my Rolleiflex has been sitting on the shelf for too long because it will skip the first frame of a film. When it's in regular use it doesn't do this.
Cheers,
Rob
Thomas78
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My Rollop Automat sometimes also skips the first frame and/or a frame in the middle of the film. I think it also deserves a service in the next time...
summar
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I've found that some 120 films use double numbers -- one above the other, as in the OP's illustration, in which the film looks like it's been correctly wound to frame 1. The next number would be a couple of 2s, again one above the other. All the films I've used have either a series of arrows or circles in dotted lines to act as a warning.