For Sale Aviphot 200 2: Electric Boogaloo

MCB18 said:

I see a couple of folks just put “photrio” in the name field, so I’m not sure who is asking for what. Someone wants 4x5 and 8x10 (assuming 2 of each), and someone else wants 4x5 and 120/127 (120 I can do,127 we’ll have to discuss further). Sorry for any confusion that caused that, I’ll update the form to hopefully be more clear.

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Andrew O'Neill said:

Since you will be cutting from a roll, two questions: will the sheets have a curl, and if so, will the curl be gone after processing? How will we know which side is the emulsion side? I imagine if the cut film has a curl, the emulsion would be on the inside of the curl?

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• Yes, I have found that there is a slight curl to the film, and even after leaving it under heavy books for a few days, it still retains a curl. This shouldn’t affect the pictures taken with it, but it may make it slightly harder to load into holders or onto a dev reel.
• The curl was almost completely gone after I developed it, and seeing as how my attempts to develop this film was almost a disaster (see this thread), I think it is probably safe to assume that this is a normal behavior. I think @henryyjjames has some better examples of developed films, hopefully he can provide a bit more insight into this part of the process than I can, lol.
• Although the curl of the film does indeed indicate where the emulsion is, I also round a corner of the film to ensure no mistakes are made. I feel like this is the bare minimum I can do to make life easier for you guys, even if it takes me a bit of extra time in the dark.

MCB18 said:

Ok, looks like I certainly have a good group of folks that are interested in this buy! I’ll start putting info in a spreadsheet and see if getting a 24 cm roll would be worth doing. I’ll get in contact with all of you guys shortly as well. I have someone offering most of another 5” roll as long as I cut them some sheets from it, so the 4x5/5x7 is almost certainly happening. I’m thinking that there’s probably enough interest in 8x10 to warrant me cutting those as well, but I’ll let you know.


To answer your questions:

• Yes, I have found that there is a slight curl to the film, and even after leaving it under heavy books for a few days, it still retains a curl. This shouldn’t affect the pictures taken with it, but it may make it slightly harder to load into holders or onto a dev reel.
• The curl was almost completely gone after I developed it, and seeing as how my attempts to develop this film was almost a disaster (see this thread), I think it is probably safe to assume that this is a normal behavior. I think @henryyjjames has some better examples of developed films, hopefully he can provide a bit more insight into this part of the process than I can, lol.
• Although the curl of the film does indeed indicate where the emulsion is, I also round a corner of the film to ensure no mistakes are made. I feel like this is the bare minimum I can do to make life easier for you guys, even if it takes me a bit of extra time in the dark.

Hopefully this helps answer some of your guy’s questions as well. But, if there are any more questions, feel free to reach out.

Edited to add: holy crap you guys like 8x10! Yeah, that’s definitely happening. And if you keep it up, I might have to buy a second roll of that film!

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