How many rolls of film are you shooting in a week? (average)

Ken Nadvornick · Jun 5, 2013

Nikanon said:
I grew up photographically with the idea of making every shot count and be very intentional.

Nikanon said:
Most of the time I find myself photographing 8 rolls of film on a single street corner in a time frame of about 8-15 minutes.

Exposing 8 (36 exp) rolls in 8 minutes would be making one exposure every 1.7 seconds, non-stop. But that doesn't factor in the need to also reload seven new rolls in that same time frame. If you can reload in, say, 30 seconds flat, that removes an additional 3.5 minutes, leaving only 4.5 minutes for 288 frames, or 0.9375 seconds per exposure, non-stop.

I think our respective definitions of "making every shot count" and being "very intentional" are worlds apart.

Ken

wblynch · Jun 6, 2013

Might be 12 exposure 120 film in preloaded backs? You could shoot those pretty quickly.

Vilk · Jun 6, 2013

Ken Nadvornick said:
"making every shot count..."

well, you've done the counting, now he can focus on the intentional part

Ken Nadvornick · Jun 6, 2013

wblynch said:
Might be 12 exposure 120 film in preloaded backs? You could shoot those pretty quickly.

Yep. Could also be multiple preloaded 35mm bodies. Motorized bodies. With an assistant reloading them. I did note that the aspect ratio of the images displayed on the website appeared to all be 3:2, or close to it. Still and all, 8 rolls of any format in 8 minutes is moving right along.

Unfortunately I've also never been able to resist grabbing for the calculator whenever a Wilt Chamberlin style of assertion pops up...

:eek:

Ken

perkeleellinen · Jun 6, 2013

There's these two guys who shoot weddings (forgotten their names) using F3s with MF24 250 bulk backs and MD4 drives. They load ECN film into them and rip through it. I think you could get through 250 exposures in 41 seconds like this. There was a comment on this earlier in the year somewhere on here.

Truzi · Jun 8, 2013

Until recently I photographed sporadically; I averaged from 1 to 5 rolls in a three-month period (not counting vacation). The past few months, however, I've been doing 1-2 a week. Getting back into photography and developing film myself has helped, and I'm really enjoying it again.

film_man · Jun 8, 2013

Looking what film I bought it's probably 2-3 rolls of 35mm a week and 1-2 of 120. That's the average, there may be a week where I shoot nothing and then I may go out and shoot 10 rolls in a day. Probably the same number of shots I shoot in digital as well.

marciofs · Jun 8, 2013

1 roll per model when shooting 35mm.
Or when making street photography, 1 roll can last from 2 days up to one week.
When travelling it is about one roll a day.

Palantiri7 · Jun 9, 2013

Hmm, zero? I discontinued my use of 35mm film in 2008 in preference to 120 /4x5 / 8x10. I was looking at my old Agfa 35mm negatives the other day and all of a sudden I was on eBay buying used 35mm camera gear. I'm guessing I'll be good for about 1-2 rolls per week.

StoneNYC · Jun 9, 2013

About 1 I would guess, maybe 2. Mostly 120. Though the other week I had two photoshoots and killed 2 35mm and 2 120 on each, so who knows, but then I'll hit a dry spell and not shoot all week, but I switch between 35mm, 127, 120, fuji pack film and TIP Polaroid and then sometimes 620,116, 616 for fun.so it can be up and down.

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pen s · Jun 9, 2013

Have become quite conservative in my shooting. Even 35mm half frame! For that I bulk load and shoot 50 frames, my Print-file pages hold 10 half frame neg strips. From there I skip to 120 6X6 folders and 620 6X9 folders. At 12 and 8 exposures it does not take too long to finish a roll.
I have a 4X5 but so far have only used photo paper as a negative so that does not really count.

Nikanon · Jun 10, 2013

Ken Nadvornick said:
Exposing 8 (36 exp) rolls in 8 minutes would be making one exposure every 1.7 seconds, non-stop. But that doesn't factor in the need to also reload seven new rolls in that same time frame. If you can reload in, say, 30 seconds flat, that removes an additional 3.5 minutes, leaving only 4.5 minutes for 288 frames, or 0.9375 seconds per exposure, non-stop.

I think our respective definitions of "making every shot count" and being "very intentional" are worlds apart.

I didn't expect to be quoted on 8 minutes exactly, I put 8-15 as a general time frame because im not timing myself. Whatever the math comes to, it's fast, yes. Every picture is always something new, but not just a random selection of just anything. I think our respective time frames for making every shot count and being very intentional are very different is all.

Nikanon · Jun 10, 2013

It only takes 1/1000 to make a picture

Ken Nadvornick · Jun 10, 2013

Nikanon said:
It only takes 1/1000 to make a picture

<sigh...>

Would that it were true...

Ken

wblynch · Jun 10, 2013

Motor drive at 5fps makes about 7 seconds per roll plus 33 seconds for rewind/reload. It could be done, but why?

StoneNYC · Jun 10, 2013

My film camera does 10 frames per second if it helps any... Haha, I've never used that, but it's possible to kill the entire roll in 3.6 seconds...

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RalphLambrecht · Jun 11, 2013

no more than 2.

Mainecoonmaniac · Jun 11, 2013

I shoot it spurts. But less than a roll per week Under 52 rolls per year. Want to shoot more. I do shoot sheet film too. How many rolls does that equal too

jimmybuzaid · Jun 11, 2013

About 1 roll a week. Sometimes less. A lot of times I look through the viewfinder and compose a shot, only to put the camera down.

cobbu2 · Jun 12, 2013

It depends... if I'm in a 35mm mood, it's about one a week. Then a month or two goes by, the spotlight moves and I'm in a 120 mood for a while. It moves again and I'm into my LF (4x5 and/or 8x10) where I'll usually do 4 to 6 sheets per session.

mopar_guy · Jun 13, 2013

How many prints are made each week?

Nikanon · Jun 14, 2013

It's not about being fast, that's just a result. I'd rather wind and expose every shot individually.

Nikanon · Jun 14, 2013

jimmybuzaid said:
About 1 roll a week. Sometimes less. A lot of times I look through the viewfinder and compose a shot, only to put the camera down.

I used to do this, thinking I knew the picture. But I will photograph at those instinctual responses to life now, thinking there is some psychological explanation for my response to a given scenario from a certain perspective. I usually just call this interest, and by photographing these interesting things on instinct, I can make a picture. I've learned you can never know if the picture is good until you see the picture, and that's why I photograph so much.

Nikanon · Jun 14, 2013

Mainecoonmaniac said:
I shoot it spurts. But less than a roll per week Under 52 rolls per year. Want to shoot more. I do shoot sheet film too. How many rolls does that equal too

The best thing to do is just buy Arista Premium 400 from Freestyle (Kodak Tri-x) and shoot it without worry or constraint. People seem to shoot more when they don't worry about film
cost, or how the picture will look. As for the sheet film, that is entirely different I think! Although it seems there must be someone here who would calculate surface area if you want a comparison.

perkeleellinen · Jun 14, 2013

mopar_guy said:
How many prints are made each week?

Currently I get into the dark only four times per year. Before we had our kid I used to make around 100 prints per year, so around 2 each week.

How many rolls of film are you shooting in a week? (average)

How many rolls of film do you shoot a week on average?

Only a partial roll

1-2

3-5

5-10

10+

Ken Nadvornick

wblynch

Vilk

Ken Nadvornick

perkeleellinen

Truzi

film_man

marciofs

Palantiri7

StoneNYC

pen s

Nikanon

Nikanon

Ken Nadvornick

wblynch

StoneNYC

RalphLambrecht

Mainecoonmaniac

jimmybuzaid

cobbu2

mopar_guy

Nikanon

Nikanon

Nikanon

perkeleellinen

How many rolls of film are you shooting in a week? (average)

How many rolls of film do you shoot a week on average?

Only a partial roll

1-2

3-5

5-10

10+

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