35mm camera for film with no perforation

[radekone]

I'm wondering if there is a 35mm camera that can be used with non perforated film. I have 'some' original APX100 and would like to use it in normal way, rather than with medium format (I did it yesterday with my Rolleiflex but half of the frames are not sharp (exposures 6-12).

All cameras I know kave these small gears that are probably used for frame acounting apart from transporting the film.

 

[JohnMeadows]

I wonder if it could be respooled for use on an 828 format camera (i.e. a Kodak Bantam)?

 

[hpulley]

I respool unperforated 35mm film into my 126 cartridges for my Kodak Instamatic 500 camera. 126 film is the same size as 35mm, normally it had one sprocket hole per frame but by snipping off the 'finger' which looks for that hole you can use unperforated film without needing to punch that hole yourself. This is the same as 828 which also uses 28mm 'high' of the 35mm film and has a single hole per frame though 828 is 40mm wide while 126 is 28mm square; both have backing paper but 126 also has a cartridge while 828 is just a roll like a mini 120.

However I hear that the Canon EOS 10S/10QD will use unperforated 35mm film as is. It doesn't have a sprocket, it somehow counts the sprocket holes though someone told me it works for unperforated film too, perhaps it also measures the length somehow as it friction feeds it, I don't know for sure...

 

[David William White]

There are school portrait cameras that take long rolls of unperf, and use the whole frame.
In 35mm cameras, you can knock the teeth off one with a thumbnail winding wheel (i.e. Oly Trip or disposable), but you won't be making use of the extra width.
I've respooled to feed my 828, but optics are "budget" and certainly inferior to your Rolleiflex.
Kodak made inserts for mounting 828 spools in 120 roll film cameras, and I have a set and they work.
126 and 127 respooling also options & will use the full width, if you find cameras with decent optics & manual controls.

I think your Rolleiflex is probably your best option, will use the film full-frame (35x60mm), have the best optics and manual controls. I'm not sure why your test roll wasn't held properly by your pressure plate, but you could give it another go.

 

[hpulley]

Yeah, I think most of the leftover unperforated Portra 160NC is from those portrait shops who've all gone digital now.