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

Sirius Glass

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Still to many. I am going to stop reloading the less used film cameras from now on.
 

David Brown

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Zero.

Even when I was using film regularly, I never kept a camera just sitting around loaded with film. I know I'm in the minority here.

It is funny that I come from a middle class American background where almost everyone had a consumer camera of some sort (Brownie, Instamatic, et al) with film in it, so that at any moment, someone in the family could say: "Get the camera!"
 

Helios 1984

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- Topcon 35-L w/ Kentmere 400
- Minolta 16 MG w/ Kodak Vision2 200T (expired)
 

skahde

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The Leica IIIf has still some Delta 400 loaded that I inserted last winter. Time to put it to good use again. I'm looking forward to it. Another roll of Portra 160 in the Nikon F3 got finished and rewound today.
 

benderscameracorner

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Three.

Delta 400 (rated to 1600) in a Nikon FM.
Ultramax 400 in a Olympus Pen FT.
SFX200 in a Bronica ETRSi back, which I still think is at Frame 1 because the last time I went out I forgot how many stops compensation was needed for an R72 filter, and when I finally figured it out, the sun disappeared :-/
 

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benderscameracorner said:
...SFX200 in a Bronica ETRSi back, which I still think is at Frame 1 because the last time I went out I forgot how many stops compensation was needed for an R72 filter, and when I finally figured it out, the sun disappeared :-/
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That's how I solved the "...I forgot how many stops compensation was needed for an R72 filter.."
problem:




The back of my Gossen DigiporF lightmeter.
A piece of white Gaffer tape and a permanent marker is all you need.
Hoya filters with Hp5+: Yellow -0,5 stop, Yellow-Green -1, Orange -2 and Red -2,5.

Bronica filters are made by HOYA, so I keep a copy of the leaflet that came with a filter in my camera bag, just in case...




BTW: on the used market, Hoya filters are as good as but cheaper than B+W...
 

TomR55

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At this moment: two Leica M4-Ps, one loaded with Ilford FP4+, the other with Kodak TriX. I have about six to ten frames out of 36 remaining on each body.
 

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Right at the moment,

Zeiss Ikon Nettar - Kentmere 100
Canon A-1 - Kentmere 100

I'll be heading to a Cars-n-Coffee event tomorrow and will be shooting a Pentax MX with more Kentmere 100.
 

Sirius Glass

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Still too many.
 

Alan Edward Klein

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Some of my cameras have had film in them unchanged and unused for over a year and left in a hot and cold garage. I only wonder what it's done to the film??
 

1957ExaktaVarexIIa

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Normally...

My standard gear:
Contax RTS II - Fomapan R100 (black-and-white slides)
Contax RTS II - Ektachrome E100 (colour slides)
Contax RTS II - Fujichrome Velvia 50 (colour slides for cloudy days)
Contax RTS II ( or Yashica FR I ) - Rollei Infrared (for a DIY reversal process)

My lightweight gear (for travelling) :
Contax IIIa - Fomapan R100
Contax IIa - Ektachrome E100

My very lightweight gear :
Rollei 35 TE - Fomapan R100

My special gear:
Canon New F-1 (with FD 35mm f/2.8 Tilt/Shift) - Fomapan R100

As long as a film is not yet completely exposed, I use to keep it in the camera, even for many weeks and even the Infrared ones.
 

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Just my LX but I do have several 4x5 and 8x10 film holders loaded so not sure if that counts or not.
 

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You're my new idol!
 

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Pioneer said:
Just my LX but I do have several 4x5 and 8x10 film holders loaded so not sure if that counts or not.
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I think it should. At least sheet film doesn't get a curl that causes focus issues when left loaded for a long time. I probably have 8 4x5 holders (i.e. 16 sheets), 3 5x7, 3 8x10, and two 2x3 grafmatics (6 sheets each). Then a Pentax MX, and a 6x9 roll film holder mounted in a Horseman Convertible. Work has been a bit killer so when I go out I've been shooting *******, but not even unloading the files onto the computer.
 

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3 out of 4.5 working cameras,

Mamiya 645 loaded with Kentmere 100 with 3 exposures remaining.

Zorki 1e loaded with Fomapan 400 with 6-8 exposures remaining.

Kiev 4AM loaded with Kentmere 100, no exposures taken yet.

No film in my Olympus OM-G though it's usually loaded with ultramax 400 or gold 200 and no film in my Yashica Electro 35 because the leaf shutter is suspect and I need to clean it.
 
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