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620 film from abroad....

Tom Cross

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I bought some re-spooled 620 film for my dad to use in his Kodak brownie. I got it from the Film Photography Project in USA. We had the first roll developed and you can faintly see the text from the backing paper on each image. I can't remember if the box had any "do not x-ray" stickers, but if they've been x-rayed could this cause this?
 
Hint: look for discussion of "TMAX 400 watermark effect" and "backing paper shows on film" in the B&w film forum.
 
(there was a url link here which no longer exists)

The issue seems to be quite widespread at this point.
 
I used their re-spooled film once. It had major problems...I'm guessing light exposure during their re-spooling process? It was a mess.
 
Sorry I did a search but nothing came up, maybe the 620 bit confused it. Will have a look at that thread.

The film seems fine, I was doubtful about it being re-spooled. I'd be interested to find somewhere in the uk that does it
 
Respooling 120 to 620 is rather straightforward. I seem to recall a couple of web pages or YouTube videos explaining how. I haven't done respooling for a while but did so in a changing bag and it generally took only a few minutes.
 
What film is it? T-Max 400 or???
 
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