Anyone Still Using Film Rolls Cameras?

[bunnspecial]

Sometimes using old film can be "fun" too...

I bought a big lot of expired film last week, which I think I mentioned in this thread. There was some prime stuff in it like 120 Tech Pan, but also some less common stuff that I thought would be interesting to play with.

For the heck of it, I loaded up a roll of Fuji Neopan F that expired in the 1980s. This is a 32 speed film that I think was meant to compete with Kodak's Pan-X(FX-32).

I was shooting the rest of the roll today and heard a funny sound while winding that coincided with the advance getting VERY difficult to turn. It seems as though it had gotten twisted up. I found this when I finished the roll, opened up the camera, and looked at it.

The white piece is the tape used to secure the film to the backing paper, something which had apparently come unstuck with time/stress and caused all manner of issues.

If I shoot any more of this film, it will likely be in a camera with a "straight shot" film path like this 1950s beauty

 

[Healer Flame]

Great hobby what you got there. I have 20 to 25 old processed films that are kept in a plastic containers for over 20 years so whats the chances if i took them to the lab to be processed?

 

[bunnspecial]

C-41 35mm?

Should be fine. You'll probably see some increased base fog, which will reduce contrast on the final print/scan. You will likely also notice more prominent grain. If it were me and I really cared about the images, I'd probably scan myself to squeeze as much out as I could, but it takes a lot of practice with a scanner to do better than automated lab scans on difficult negatives.

Most films have decently good latent image keeping, which means that once exposed the image stays around for a long time. The only film notoriously bad about its latent image keeping ability is Ilford Pan F. As an experiment once, I shot two rolls of it at the same time(different backs on my Hasselblad, taking the same shot and switching backs). I processed one roll the day after, and let the other sit 2 months-the density loss even in that time was appreciable, going from a perfectly exposed negative to something that was very difficult to print. Chances are that none of those rolls are Pan F, however.

 

[bunnspecial]

Ilford just announced this a few weeks ago. This is an emulsion they've made for a while, but only in sheet film. The new product is the roll film.

I had intended to order some, but had been putting it off. I was in the local camera store today and they had some in stock, so I grabbed a couple of rolls in 35mm and 120. I didn't grab a ton as they are about $2/roll more expensive than B&H or Freestyle, but enough just to play with.

I dropped a roll of 35mm into one of my trusty FM2ns

As this is sort of a new product, I haven't yet been able to find a full datasheet that covers the rollfilm variants. Fortunately, Ilford was considerate enough to do what all film manufacturers use to do and print developing information on the inside of the box. This isn't as complete as I'd like, as I mostly use Kodak developers(primarily D76 and HC110, but a few others also) and they only list times for Ilford. Still, though, it's a starting point and ID-11 is supposed to be more or less interchangeable with D76 and Ilfotec HC is supposed to be similar to HC110.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Ilford just announced this a few weeks ago. This is an emulsion they've made for a while, but only in sheet film. The new product is the roll film.

I had intended to order some, but had been putting it off. I was in the local camera store today and they had some in stock, so I grabbed a couple of rolls in 35mm and 120. I didn't grab a ton as they are about $2/roll more expensive than B&H or Freestyle, but enough just to play with.

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I dropped a roll of 35mm into one of my trusty FM2ns

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As this is sort of a new product, I haven't yet been able to find a full datasheet that covers the rollfilm variants. Fortunately, Ilford was considerate enough to do what all film manufacturers use to do and print developing information on the inside of the box. This isn't as complete as I'd like, as I mostly use Kodak developers(primarily D76 and HC110, but a few others also) and they only list times for Ilford. Still, though, it's a starting point and ID-11 is supposed to be more or less interchangeable with D76 and Ilfotec HC is supposed to be similar to HC110.

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I will be fascinated to read your thoughts on what this new product is like to shoot with, and what the results are like.