A number of times in the last nine years I looked for 220 films that I would want to use. I could not find a wide enough selection of 220 films to justify the use of 220 film even though my Mamiya C330 supported 220 use. When I switched to the Hasselblad system, it was even harder to justify the cost of 220 film backs. I lost all interest in using 220 films. I am sure that others came to the same conclusion. These observations were made in Popular Photography and Modern Photography in the early 1960s when 220 format first became available.
One would think that if the wide spread market for the 220 market was desired by film manufacturers that the film manufacturers would have expanded to selection of 220 products. They never took so those steps so they must have had good reasons even back then.
I am not surprised of the 220 format decline and demise, however I am surprised it took so long.
It seems like it was 3 times the price of 120.
My Mamiya C330F can use 220 film too, and in nearly thirty years I've owned it I've never shot even one roll of it, even when I used to shoot weddings.
There's plenty of 220 films still available here: http://www.filmsnotdead.com/
320TXP, FP4+ and HP5+ all in 220.
My Mamiya C330F can use 220 film too, and in nearly thirty years I've owned it I've never shot even one roll of it, even when I used to shoot weddings.
I'm afraid that I'm the same, I've had my Yashica 124G for 30+ years and used just one 5-pack of 220 films many years ago. So I guess that I can't grumble when it's discontinued.
I suppose that the extra shots per roll are no great benefit to me, there's no financial saving, and I've never got round to buying a 220 reel and tank.
220 will load on to a normal Patterson reel and into a Universal tank (if you can load 120 on to a reel)...
Expired film, yes. And depending on your definition of "plenty".
Expired film, yes. And depending on your definition of "plenty".
I had 2 bodies and found it easy during a lull in the proceedings to reload the empty one, I could do this in a few seconds because I trained myself to do it instinctively by practising in the dark constantly the way I had learned in the military to clear blockages at night in the Bren light machine gun, it's more than twenty years since I shot my last wedding but I can still do it without looking at the camera.I'm impressed the 220 was only used by the wedding and girly mag photogs.
The C330s were easy to reload but I never liked to load film in pressure situation in sun shine.
I had 2 bodies and found it easy during a lull in the proceedings to reload the empty one, I could do this in a few seconds because I trained myself to do it instinctively by practising in the dark constantly the way I had learned in the military to clear blockages at night in the Bren light machine gun, it's more than twenty years since I shot my last wedding but I can still do it without looking at the camera.
In the Bren, but it could apply to both of themWhich one? Clear the blockage in a Bren or load the back of your medium format camera?
As to having too many shots at 32, I prefer it in my ga645. The extra frames make it feel like I am shooting 135 and take away the pressure to make every shot count.
Snapshots in medium format! Whee!
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