Hi Paul! Ditto what you said; I've been using 120 film for about 40 years with no problems. (Long live 120 film and the 6x6 format) Howard Tanger
Maybe Paul you don't care about the advancement of our tools and materials but consider that at least Ilford is listening to us and that others, including FujiFilm, Rollei, Maco, Adox and Kodak are constantly coming out with new products or improving their old.
You are being negative. Suggestions and complains are not just whining and moaning, they are mostly constructive criticism and ideas on improvement coming out from a photographer's experience not a lab designer.
I carry my Hasselblad on the street and know how to handle the film in difficult situations, but considering we are not talking about new or high technology, some improvements that could make our life easier (and help us take better photos), do you think are worthless?
I wouldn't like my film to unroll because the paper didn't stick and because I forgot to carry a rubber band or tape. Its the film manufacturer's duty to come up with a quality product, both in image but also in design.
Life is way too short to worry about trivia like this.
Regards Paul.
So, what is exactly your contribution to this thread? Brag that your daddy grew you up correctly unlike us whining bitches? Nobody here complained about 120, threaten to give it up and torch Ilford's offices because they don't have a sticky tape. People here just offered some small suggestions for improvement without expecting them to be included in the next production batch or ever. And there hasn't been a report that film is going to rise 300% because they are changing the whole production line to include a sticky tape or make the wrapper letters more black.
If you are happy the way things are, then cut the FUD (Fear Uncertainty Doubt) and let us bitches whine while you calmy drink whine in your porch and laugh at our childish moaning.
But I am a crackpot, a vicious man-eating troll, a dangerous lunatic and often go over the edge with my ravings, rants and general bitching. I am a known disruptor of peace, a fanatical insurgent, a foaming mad dog. I spew venom, bitterness and anger. I deserve your contempt, your disgust, your pity. For I crave to be immortalized in a statue made out of cow dung.This type of response makes you sound like a crackpot, a troll. It takes away from the many fine points you have raised. I appreciate your passion and think it will carry you far. Just don't let it carry you over the edge.
Now, that was funny, after what you wrote.Best Regards,
1. Cross slits on the top and bottom of the plastic roll in which the film winds. Not all manufacturers use it and a single slit makes it a bit more difficult to attach the film to the camera back. One of the reasons I stopped using Tri-X as the ones that I've used had one slit in contrast to the cross slit that Ilford uses.
You stopped using one of the finest b/w emulsions on the planet, because it doesn't have a cross slit on the take up spool?
HL
When the tear gas is flying and the riot police is charging and I only have 12 exposures in each film, one slit makes it so much slower to load.
And anyway, I really like HP5+, I don't consider it inferior in any way.
Lee Miller must have had the dexterity of an acrobat...
HL
But I am a crackpot, a vicious man-eating troll, a dangerous lunatic and often go over the edge with my ravings, rants and general bitching. I am a known disruptor of peace, a fanatical insurgent, a foaming mad dog. I spew venom, bitterness and anger.
Lee Miller must have had the dexterity of an acrobat...
HL
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