Kodak 120 Ektar 100 color neg film

[D437]

I unloaded old verichrome pan 120 film from an old Ansco Shur Shot 20 box camera and when I started I could clearly see #8 in the little red window. (this film came with the camera.) Then I loaded in a roll of Kodak Ektar 100 120 film saw an initial arrow but then turned and turned (9-10 turns) and saw no #1, #2 etc. except a sliver of something in the left hand corner, leaving me to wonder if this new film has the same frame number markings printed on the paper side? I doubt I should have to make this many turns.

 

[charjohncarter]

I'm a little confused, but unless the Ansco Shur Shot 20 has a different window set up it should show the numbers especially if you see the arrows. I really don't think they have changed the numbers placement since the beginning of time.

 

[D437]

120 film

120 film

Thanks--just saw this now; not sure instant email notification works. Yes I believe the new film has moved where the numbers show up. The roll of old film I had everything showed perfectly. This may only effect my old box camera, long since out of manufacture, but not effect the main medium format cameras. There are about three or four different alignments possible with this film. I am practicing on an old film roll to note very carefully how many turns it takes to catch the film numbers--just a sliver shows up in the window, which should be enough for me to work with it. But the alignment has definitely changed from back in the 50s, at least for my camera, which gives 8 exposures per roll.

 

[Moto-Uno]

The numbering on 120 film has been center window for 6x6 and a lower offset window
for 645 and 6x9 ( no 6x7 ). Even very old Russian film had the same numbering system.
Remember also that it takes considerably more turns at the beginning of the roll to advance the film than at the end of the roll. Peter