tuanvinh2000
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Let share some of your frame 00 photos.
Sometimes all you need is half a frame.
Sometimes all you need is half a frame.
zsas
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I always toss them, worried that I might have to see the "photo that got away" and be heartbroken.....
Think after seeing the above, I'm not gonna toss my halfsies away again...
Think after seeing the above, I'm not gonna toss my halfsies away again...
I've worked out how to load my MPs so that I get 39 full frames on B&W film (38 on C41 film) every time, but here's an example from before. Close but not quite.
Elmar bokeh by jonmanjiro, on Flickr
Elmar bokeh by jonmanjiro, on Flickr
bonatto
looking out
I've worked out how to load my MPs so that I get 39 full frames on B&W film (38 on C41 film) every time, but here's an example from before. Close but not quite.
Elmar bokeh by jonmanjiro, on Flickr
Share the love! What's the secret?
Mine might be frame 38 though...
edge100
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Yes, please. Share the secret. I get 38 every time with my M6, but I'd love to get one more.
I don't know how you guys manage to get partial frames at the end of the roll... every manual advance camera I've ever owned won't wind on fully for the last frame if there isn't enough film for it... 
Its not complicated, but I can only do it consistently with my MP (never could manage it every time with my ZI). Should be the same for any other quick loading M film camera.
* Remove base plate.
* Slot the film canister into the camera with the film leader tip half way into the take up spool.
* Wind on the film 1/2 to 2/3 of the way through the frame and make sure the gears that engage the perforations in the film are positioned correctly and actually engaging the film both top and bottom.
* Close the back and put on the base plate.
* Wind on the remaining 1/3 to 1/2 of the frame and fire the shutter.
* Wind on the next frame and you're ready to go!
I can consistently get 39 full shots with any Fujifilm B&W film this way.
Its not complicated, but I can only do it consistently with my MP (never could manage it every time with my ZI). Should be the same for any other quick loading M film camera.
* Remove base plate.
* Slot the film canister into the camera with the film leader tip half way into the take up spool.
* Wind on the film 1/2 to 2/3 of the way through the frame and make sure the gears that engage the perforations in the film are positioned correctly and actually engaging the film both top and bottom.
* Close the back and put on the base plate.
* Wind on the remaining 1/3 to 1/2 of the frame and fire the shutter.
* Wind on the next frame and you're ready to go!
I can consistently get 39 full shots with any Fujifilm B&W film this way.
Marel
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How about loading it in a changing bag? Anyone tried that?
Marel
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haempe
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Occurs with some bulk loaders.I don't know how you guys manage to get partial frames at the end of the roll... every manual advance camera I've ever owned won't wind on fully for the last frame if there isn't enough film for it...
Ahhhh ok, so the bulk loader causes it not the camera itself.
And if the half frame is at the end of the roll it's not frame 00
pdh
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Perhaps this thread should be merged with this one: http://www.rangefinderforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=120833&highlight=lost+frame
Also there's Flickr group: The Lost Frame: http://www.flickr.com/groups/the-lost-frame/ (started as a result of the other thread).
Also there's Flickr group: The Lost Frame: http://www.flickr.com/groups/the-lost-frame/ (started as a result of the other thread).
tuanvinh2000
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The winding half way technique makes sense to me. I load my film on the street much more often than loading from a changing bag or dark room so this can save another frame! i do enjoy the occasional find of "oh i intended that shot but now i have only half of that photo, does it still make sense".