[rollei_list] Re: 220, it worked!

  • From: Edward Meyers <aghalidebw@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:08:58 -0400

What difference does it make? They will soon stop making 220 anyway.

Ed

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:37 AM, CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> A few minutes ago  Dennis Purdy has suggested me a method even simpler
> that works with the automat Rolleiflexes only, since the 220 film has
> paper at the start and at the end, after to take the frame 12 the film
> will advance free up to the end, you only need to  put the film loaded
> upper spool in the lower spool chamber and to start again as for a new
> roll, since the end paper is joined to the film with a tape too, it
> will work as the film start for the rollers, you take again the 12
> frames and you get the 24 frames finally, very easy really.
>
> Carlos
>
> 2010/4/15 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
> > Yes Jerry, I think it is a solution if you use 220 film sometimes, BTW
> > if you use it regularly perhaps it would be better the 220 adaptation.
> >
> > Carlos
> >
> > 2010/4/15 Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> >> Carlos,
> >>
> >> Good boy!  Smart thinking, indeed.  I did the same thing MANY years ago
> when
> >> 220 film
> >> first came out.  I opened the back and stuck a 2 inch long piece of
> black
> >> slide binding tape
> >> to the back of the film just before the feeler rollers.  In a changing
> bag
> >> of course.  Worked
> >> every time.
> >>
> >> Jerry
> >>
> >>
> >> CarlosMFreaza wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I did it, I rewound again the 220 film from the 'cord IV, I loaded it
> >>> in the 2.8C again, I shot with the lens cap on the lens up to the
> >>> frame 12, working with my hands within a dark bag I open the camera
> >>> back, the frames counter returned to zero, I found with my fingers the
> >>> roller and put the same tape that comes with films to stick the film
> >>> start to the paper on the film in the camera, to the part beside the
> >>> roller but before to pass between the rollers, I closed the camera and
> >>> turned the crank, I perceived the typical resistence when the rollers
> >>> "feel" the film start and after a short advance the number 1 appeared
> >>> in the window, the 2.8C it's ready to shoot the frame 13.
> >>> I comment these experiences because I think they could be useful for
> >>> some Rollei users, B&W 220 film is no longer available after TMY 320
> >>> was discontinued some months ago, but it is available for color
> >>> negative and slide films.-
> >>>
> >>> Carlos
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 2010/4/14 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> I was thinking about this issue, perhaps the solution is easy, I only
> >>>> need to add a tape to the film when I open the camera back, the frame
> >>>> 12 is in the film gate, if I add a tape after the frame 12 and close
> >>>> the back, the tape plus film will press the lower roller and the film
> >>>> counter will be engaged again, perhaps I'll rewind the film in the
> >>>> 'cord to try this solution with the 2.8C again.
> >>>>
> >>>> Carlos
> >>>>
> >>>> 2010/4/14 CarlosMFreaza <cmfreaza@xxxxxxxxx>:
> >>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> After the success using 220 film with the Rolleicord IV, I commented
> I
> >>>>> had uploaded the 2.8C with the Tri-X  ISO 320, 220; I also commented
> >>>>> the automatic mechanism worked fine to advance the frames counter up
> >>>>> to the number 1. After to take the frame 12 and before to advance the
> >>>>> film, I open the camera back in the darkness and the frames counter
> >>>>> came back to zero, as you could expect. Problem was when I started to
> >>>>> advance the film again, the film advance mechanism worked as if the
> >>>>> film was already finished, the film advanced but it never engaged the
> >>>>> number 1, the automatic film feeler to advance to number 1 did not
> >>>>> work because there was film running  through it evidently. I rewound
> >>>>> the film in an empty spool and put it in the 'cord IV, I shot with
> the
> >>>>> lens cap on the lenses up to the frame 12 (this first part has the
> >>>>> images taken with the 2.8C) and repeated the procedure, it worked
> fine
> >>>>> again with the 'cord IV because this camera does not have the lower
> >>>>> film feeler mechanism, the film advanced up to the number 1 and the
> >>>>> camera is ready to shoot the real frame number 13, I'll have Xenotar
> >>>>> and Xenar shots in the same roll.-
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Carlos
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>
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