What 120 film has no logo or markings?

jimmelcher · Oct 14, 2019

Can anyone help me identify this film? I separated it from the box a week ago, now I can’t remember what it is.

It should be color, since I was collecting film for a fall color tour. Andre at CineStill says it’s not one of theirs. Thanks for any help you can provide!

Sirius Glass · Oct 14, 2019

I have had exposed Rollei film that looked like that and I had to load the film on a reel and then look at the length of the paper backing.

cmacd123 · Oct 14, 2019

Chinese (like Seagull) (but those folds may have packed something else under contract

jimmelcher · Oct 15, 2019

cmacd123 said:
Chinese (like Seagull) (but those folds may have packed something else under contract

Charles, thanks for that. Alex L. over on facebook suggests Shanghai GP3 or CatLABS XFilm 80, but I never had those. I bet that one Chinese factory is serving a lot of the rebranding folks!

destroya · Oct 15, 2019

the masking tape on the end and the construction paper, looks like GP3 to me

Alan9940 · Oct 15, 2019

I agree with destroya...looks an awful lot like the Shanghai GP3 I have on hand.

jimmelcher · Oct 15, 2019

Sirius Glass said:
I have had exposed Rollei film that looked like that and I had to load the film on a reel and then look at the length of the paper backing.

I'm going to follow up on this clue. I have more Rollei film at home to compare it with. Thanks!

cramej · Oct 15, 2019

destroya said:
the masking tape on the end and the construction paper, looks like GP3 to me

This^

pentaxuser · Oct 15, 2019

jimmelcher said:
Can anyone help me identify this film? I separated it from the box a week ago, now I can’t remember what it is.

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It should be color, since I was collecting film for a fall color tour.

It sounds as if you were collecting film recently for Autumn so any idea how you were sold such a film without the box arousing any suspicions on your part and from whom you purchased?

It looks like GP3 to me as well

pentaxuser

cmacd123 · Oct 16, 2019

Any roll outside the box gets marked on the foil with a sharpie if the foil does not already say the type, around here.

MattKing · Oct 17, 2019

cmacd123 said:
Any roll outside the box gets marked on the foil with a sharpie if the foil does not already say the type, around here.

Almost all my 120 film is Kodak, so the foil wrappers are marked, but look very similar.
I use a felt pen and a LARGE one or two or three letter code - Y for TMY-2, X for TMX, PX for Plus-X, XXX for Tri-X, E for Ektachrome 100 ...
Things can easily get confused in crowded black camera bags, and this helps.

What 120 film has no logo or markings?

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