How many cameras do you have loaded with film right now?

Black Dog · Jul 18, 2019

Jon Shumpert said:
I currently have 2 cameras loaded with film. A Nikon F5 with Kodak Ektar 100 and my newest camera, Nikon F2 witth Harman Pan 100. I hope to go through most of both rolls tomorrow if the weather is good.

Ektar will always pep up a dull day!

Theo Sulphate · Jul 19, 2019

Two cameras, now a Leicaflex SL with Ultramax 400 in addition to the Polaroid Super Shooter with FP-100C.

Alas, I've just realized I've underexposed the first two images by two stops. The SL does indeed mean selective light (spot) metering. I can't re-shoot, so I hope the two stop underexposure won't be catastrophic when prints are made.

Kino · Jul 21, 2019

The problem of cameras loaded with film I "knew I would remember" has become so bad, I have had to order these to tag my cameras: https://www.ebay.com/itm/141792868072

I have 2 Rolleicords, a Nasco Galaxy, an Olympus 35EC2, an Ansco Karmat, a Ricoh 500, an SRT 100, 101, 201 and an Olympus XA-1 loaded right now. God help me...

Ektar 100 in the Rolleicords, Pan F in the Nasco, ColorPlus 200 in the 35EC2, Delta 100 in the XA-1 and not really sure about the rest of them...

Oh yeah, I forgot to check my Nikons in the closet.

This is clearly out of hand...

benjiboy · Nov 22, 2019

4 at the moment, 3 Canon F1s and a Canon EF

pbromaghin · Nov 22, 2019

Mamiya C33 with HP5+, a C220 with FP4+ and a Minolta SrT-201 with Ektar.

faberryman · Nov 22, 2019

None. I load cameras with film before I use them, and process them film after I finish shooting, whether or not I have finished the roll. Otherwise, unused film says in the refrigerator. If you have film in one or more cameras, you are not shooting enough.

benjiboy · Nov 22, 2019

faberryman said:
None. I load cameras with film before I use them, and process them film after I finish shooting, whether or not I have finished the roll. Otherwise, unused film says in the refrigerator. If you have film in one or more cameras, you are not shooting enough.

I have my cameras all loaded with different films so depending on the weather and what I want to to shoot since I don't shoot digital I always have a suitable camera to take our.

AndyH · Nov 24, 2019

Wow - this post made me think!
Zeiss Super Ikonta with Portra 400
Rolleiflex with Ilford 400 B/W
Hasselblad with Fuji Velvia
Leica IIIC with Portra 400
Kodak Retina IIIc with Fuji 400
Pentax Spotmatic with Tri X

I had no idea I had so many loaded at once until I thought about it.

Andy

joelbolden · Nov 25, 2019

Two. Pentax MX and Minolta XD-11; both with Kodak Gold 200.

Black Dog · Nov 26, 2019

A part used roll of Bergger Panchro 400 in my Rolleicord, begun on a dreich (rainy) day in Edinburgh; I should think I'll still be finishing it within the week!

Buzz-01 · Nov 26, 2019

Two out of three cameras I actually use are currently loaded with film:
Olympus OM-1: Lomography 800
Olympus Pen EE: Hema Super SR400 (rebranded Fuji Superia 400)

The roll inside the Pen EE takes forever to finish, as it's a half frame camera!

mshchem · Nov 26, 2019

I don't load camera until I'm ready to shoot.

pbromaghin · Nov 26, 2019

mshchem said:
I don't load camera until I'm ready to shoot.

But do you unload and process unfinished rolls when you are done?

BSP · Nov 26, 2019

I always have my Leica M6 loaded with B&W (mostly 400 speed) but only load my Mamiya C220 when planning and ready to shoot.

mshchem · Nov 26, 2019

pbromaghin said:
But do you unload and process unfinished rolls when you are done?

Yep, this is why I shoot a lot of 120. 4, 8, and 12 exposure in my cameras. I shoot 35mm on vacations Nikon F5 auto bracket with Fujichrome. I used to shoot quite a bit of black and white with a Leica. I bought a bunch of 24 exposure rolls of TMY 2. I wish the standard was still 20 and 36 exp rolls.

You have an excellent point about not leaving film in a camera. A camera is a terrible place to store any professional color film. Film that's not all cozy in a nice roll, in a cool spot is vulnerable, not in a few days, but much longer than a month isn't good.

abruzzi · Nov 26, 2019

mshchem said:
Yep, this is why I shoot a lot of 120. 4, 8, and 12 exposure in my cameras. I shoot 35mm on vacations Nikon F5 auto bracket with Fujichrome. I used to shoot quite a bit of black and white with a Leica. I bought a bunch of 24 exposure rolls of TMY 2. I wish the standard was still 20 and 36 exp rolls.

I really hate 36exp rolls of 35mm, that can take so long to finish. I cant imagine loading a 36exp roll into a Pen-F, and having to take 72 shots before pulling it for developing.

I brought a 35mm camera on vacation in May with a lot of ISO400 and ISO100 film, but even then, I was pulling half shot rolls when it got too dark for the Ektar I had loaded. (fortunately the camera I brought could easily reload and forward the roll to the correct exposure.)

mshchem · Nov 26, 2019

abruzzi said:
I really hate 36exp rolls of 35mm, that can take so long to finish. I cant imagine loading a 36exp roll into a Pen-F, and having to take 72 shots before pulling it for developing.

I brought a 35mm camera on vacation in May with a lot of ISO400 and ISO100 film, but even then, I was pulling half shot rolls when it got too dark for the Ektar I had loaded. (fortunately the camera I brought could easily reload and forward the roll to the correct exposure.)

Too bad the old Agfa cassette approach wasn't adopted film spooled out of one metal cassette into another . Could have shot what you wanted and open th back and cut the film in two

LeftCoastKid · Nov 26, 2019

120: Two A12 backs loaded with PanF+, and mounted onto a pair of 500C/m bodies.
35mm: F2AS loaded with Tri-X.

Ray Morgenweck · Nov 26, 2019

Not too many, considering. Foton has 400 color, UR Leica #9 Kodak XX, very early prototype 35slr Kodak 2238, Ansco Automatic Reflex 100 Tmax, Stereo Realist 1041 velvia 100, Diana (original Great Wall) Ektachrome, TDC Colorist Stereo Velvia, leica III 320 ISO slide film, Current “Favorite” getting use, Contura Stereo Camera. Fuji Velvia

dave olson · Nov 27, 2019

None at this time. I only load film prior to going out to commence a shoot.

Martin Singleton · Dec 11, 2019

Too many Soviet cameras, FED2, Zorki 4, Lubitel 2, just finished a roll in the Kiev 88. To balance it out I'm part way through a roll in my Rolleiflex 3.5.

Black Dog · Dec 13, 2019

Black Dog said:
A part used roll of Bergger Panchro 400 in my Rolleicord, begun on a dreich (rainy) day in Edinburgh; I should think I'll still be finishing it within the week!

Finished on a much sunnier day at Hill House, Helensburgh, while appreciating some classic Charles Rennie Mackintosh architecture. My Rolleicord is now loaded with Ilford Ortho Plus and I've nearly finished the roll of Fomapan 400 in my XA2 (started in Edinburgh yesterday). I never struggle to finish a roll of film; just in the course of one day in Edinburgh in June, I used 9 rolls of 120 ...the weather was perfect though!

guangong · Dec 13, 2019

Winter in NW New Jersey in mountains, Delaware River, Pennsylvania escarpment and hills. Makina 67 w Delta 400, Medalist w Acros 100, Hassy 2000FCM w Provia 100 and Stereo Realist with Provia. BW shines in mix of mist, fog, snow and bare trees.

David A. Goldfarb · Dec 13, 2019

I have a lot of loaded large format filmholders in various formats, but I try not to leave rollfilm too long in a camera unfinished, unless, say, I’m traveling and am out shooting every day. Easier to file the negs, if I shoot as much as planned and then just unload the camera when finished, even if it means wasting a few frames. If it means wasting most of a roll, though, I’ll leave it in the camera and look for a way to use it in the next few days.

BayG75 · Apr 24, 2020

Six

Nikkormat EL
FM2
FA
F3

Kodak Retina IIIc

Zeiss Super Ikonta IV

How many cameras do you have loaded with film right now?

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