Huss
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Shanghai 220 film is the worst. Everyone, send me what you have. I will dispose of it appropriately.
Nothing could ever beat the J&C 120 film that I bought a 20 roll box of many years ago - it curled like spring steel when you developed it!
You needed 4 hands and tape to get it into the enlarger's negative carrier!
Shanghai 220 film is the worst. Everyone, send me what you have. I will dispose of it appropriately.
Say, I recently, more or less by accident, acquired a Graflex RH20 for 2x3 Graflok mount. I've read some of what you've written about GP3 in 220, but they are the only supplier of fresh 220 film on Earth at this moment (got hopes for Cinestill D400). Is the film still like hand spooled in a gravel pit without gloves?
Nice. I may have to grab a couple rolls this payday or over the next couple (when I have a car to drive and air conditioning again).
Me too; I really liked it. Still got a partial bulk roll of the 35mm.Have to say that I do miss Ultrafine Ex 400 in 120.
Shanghai 220 film is the worst. Everyone, send me what you have. I will dispose of it appropriately.
If I did, I would... never got to try any as my 124g was the only thing I ever owned that would shoot it, and it wouldn't have shot it very well! The only roll (of 120) I ever put through the thing came out with all the frames compressed into about eight inches of film length!
By the way, no complains for Shangai on 4x5. They came out rather good but just shot a couple of sheets so may had been lucky.
The only times that I had film that torn off the spool except when I pulled to hard on the film advance after I felt the film stop advancing. That was with 35mm film and that was entirely my fault. There is no reason or excuse for Shanghai to cheap out on the very inexpensive tape. Shanghai is so cheap is sounds like hunger newly hatched chicks.
Shanghai or not, also, don't force things. If the film transport on any camera starts to be stiff, there is something wrong and the safe move is to unload the camera in a changing bag.
i really liked the look of this film from stuff i saw posted on flickr. so i bought 7 rolls for 30$ but haven't tried any yet. having second thoughts now
That price almost has to be 120.
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