dazedgonebye
Veteran
What do you call those first 1 or 2 shots you take before the film counter reaches "1?"
Leader shots?
Leader shots?
ampguy
Veteran
Those are sometimes my "best shots", though I have to crop the weird side off.
Peter_Jones
Well-known
"0" or "00" 
sweathog
Well-known
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.
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
Veteran
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.
I need to start pointing them at something on purpose.
xayraa33
rangefinder user and fancier
"fairy frames"
it is the only part of the roll that can be used to photograph fairies or gnomes.
it is the only part of the roll that can be used to photograph fairies or gnomes.
SergioGuerra
Well-known
I do mostly self-portraits, most often out of focus because I'm inside and my arms are short
erikhaugsby
killer of threads
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
Well-known
I usually snap a shot of myself in the mirror, if i'm near one.
cpborello
Established
A shot of the camera in a mirror -- to let me know what lens I started the roll with.
Rey
Well-known
Maybe we should call it careful film loading. I usually get one freebe per 35mm roll. Doesn't work for 120 through.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
'Foreplay!' ...
BillP
Rangefinder General
pevelg
Well-known
I usually can get one or two freebies, plus one half.
erikhaugsby
killer of threads
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?'Foreplay!' ...
:angel:
marke
Well-known
Good idea. I'll have to remember that.