Roll Film Failure!

[Photo Engineer]

Since the paper is black, and the film has absorber dyes, there is a chance that the fog is quite limited to the edges and if so, you might have some good pictures.

Process it anyhow and you might be surprised.

PE

 

[RattyMouse]

Since the paper is black, and the film has absorber dyes, there is a chance that the fog is quite limited to the edges and if so, you might have some good pictures.

Process it anyhow and you might be surprised.

PE

I will PE! I get back to China Sunday night USA time and will send the film in the next day. I should have results in 4-5 days after that.

 

[Trail Images]

Invest in a few rolls of Rollei CR200. Save the canisters they come in and re-use them for any other 120 film you need to put in a pocket...

Looks like a good idea for easy protection.......

 

[markbarendt]

I will PE! I get back to China Sunday night USA time and will send the film in the next day. I should have results in 4-5 days after that.

If there are little "leaks" just tell them it's art and you planned it that way.

 

[Prest_400]

If there are little "leaks" just tell them it's art and you planned it that way.

Indeed, that's hip! See, you can teach the hip kids that the GF has nothing to envy in this area.


Hope that the results come out well, and you haven't lost much area to the leak.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Looks like a good idea for easy protection.......

Yes and one should always use protection.

 

[summicron1]

Invest in a few rolls of Rollei CR200. Save the canisters they come in and re-use them for any other 120 film you need to put in a pocket...

RR

If you take two 35mm film cans (black ones if available), cut the bottom off one, duct tape the resulting tube to the open top of the second, you have a home-made 120 film holder without the need of buying expensive Rollei film you may or may not want to use.

I believe there are some varieties of candy that also come in plastic tubes that are the right size.

 

[Sirius Glass]

If you take two 35mm film cans (black ones if available), cut the bottom off one, duct tape the resulting tube to the open top of the second, you have a home-made 120 film holder without the need of buying expensive Rollei film you may or may not want to use.

I believe there are some varieties of candy that also come in plastic tubes that are the right size.

T*H*A*N*K*S!!!
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[Truzi]

I believe there are some varieties of candy that also come in plastic tubes that are the right size.

Funny you should mention this, as a few years ago I had some of this candy and had that exact same thought. Can't remember what candy it was, though.

 

[pentaxuser]

Thanks for the clarification, Rattymouse. It seems that the spool was either defective for the action of placing a camera into the same pocket as the spool to have chipped the spool or you have very strong pockets which withstand a camera being placed there with sufficient force to break the spool but not damage the pocket.

I favour a defective spool

pentaxuser

 

[BrianShaw]

M&M minis.

 

[Poisson Du Jour]

M&M minis.

Yes, these do the trick! I have green ones for unexposed rolls, red ones for exposed rolls.
The pic does not show failure of the roll film, but the consequence of force having broken the edge of the spool. I have never seen this before. I imagine the roll, possibly others too, have been knocked about in transit.

 

[RattyMouse]

I'm glad I can bring such a unique and unseen problem to the forum!

 

[Richard S. (rich815)]

Invest in a few rolls of Rollei CR200. Save the canisters they come in and re-use them for any other 120 film you need to put in a pocket...

RR

In the US a store called TAP Plastics has these containers but in an opaque white/clear plastic. I think about 25-50 cents each.

 

[Richard S. (rich815)]

I think a forgotten earlier drop caused this break but might not have resulted in the chip actually coming off until it was in your pocket. I cannot see how shoving the camera into your pocket could have hit the existing roll in your pocket and cause this.

 

[DWThomas]

When I'm in the field I usually keep my 120 film in these containers I got from Freestyle. I figure it keeps them away from dust, moisture and light. (I vaguely remember there was a quantity discount years back.)

 

[RattyMouse]

I think a forgotten earlier drop caused this break but might not have resulted in the chip actually coming off until it was in your pocket. I cannot see how shoving the camera into your pocket could have hit the existing roll in your pocket and cause this.

Maybe, but I doubt it. I am in the US now on holiday and I bought the GF670 from B & H. With this purchase I also bought a few rolls of Velvia and HP5. I've only had these rolls of film for 5 days or so. I guess they could have had a rough ride before they got to me. Weird.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Im the field I usually keep my 120 film in these containers I got from Freestyle. I figure it keeps them away from dust, moisture and light. (I vaguely remember there was a quantity discount years back.)

Thanks

 

[Photo Engineer]

Make sure that the film is protected when you send it in and let the photo shop know. Leave a note taped to it if possible. (Chinese? )

PE

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

When I'm the field I usually keep my 120 film in these containers I got from Freestyle. I figure it keeps them away from dust, moisture and light. (I vaguely remember there was a quantity discount years back.)

At one point APUG subscriber tjaded was offering the same (there was a url link here which no longer exists) through his Dead Link Removed business.

These are also available through online scientific suppliers, but usually only in case quantities in the thousands. And no one really needs a 1,000 lifetimes supply...

Ken

 

[Richard S. (rich815)]

I was just out and since I was passing TAP Plastics I stopped in. 35 cents each. Fit the 120 roll perfectly, airtight snap cap. Look identical to the black ones I have from rolls of RPX100 but clear/opaque. They probably give quantity discounts I did not ask. 35 cents vs $1.99? I'll forgo black....

 

[StoneNYC]

When you discovered this... Why didn't you hide it and process it quickly rather than leave it out in the light to take a picture? That will probably heighten your chance of light piping by a ton.... Why!!!!! Lol

 

[StoneNYC]

I was just out and since I was passing TAP Plastics I stopped in. 35 cents each. Fit the 120 roll perfectly, airtight snap cap. Look identical to the black ones I have from rolls of RPX100 but clear/opaque. They probably give quantity discounts I did not ask. 35 cents vs $1.99? I'll forgo black....

I dislike those cause of the funny shape cap... I only have 2 AGFA ones that are metal and screw on, and another 10 that are metal they slide together but don't lock... Which annoys me, wish I could find more of the screw ones....

 

[Ken Nadvornick]

The opaque black 120-sized canister units supplied by Glass Key Photo were LAVIALS Hinged-Lid Lab Grade Vials, Part No. VL20H. The current online price (April, 2011 price list) ranges from 16-cents/vial (qty: 1,000) to 11.3-cents/vial (qty: 50,000).

These vials are identical in appearance to the Freestyle Maco-branded canisters offered at $1.99 each.

Group purchase, anyone?? (I already have mine.)

Ken

 

[RattyMouse]

When you discovered this... Why didn't you hide it and process it quickly rather than leave it out in the light to take a picture? That will probably heighten your chance of light piping by a ton.... Why!!!!! Lol

Because light moves at the....um....speed of light. If I can see the edge of the film, then the damage is already done.