LOADING 120 FILM - By ILFORD PHOTO

An introduction to 120 roll film. Giving a short overview of the film and showing how to load it on a small cross section of cameras.
Holga 120 CFN, Bronica ETRS, Mamiya 7 II, Lomo Lubitel

[@ianhand5006]

I'm a HUGE fan of Ilford film and chemicals. I encourage all budding photographers to get into shooting Ilford film and to remember that negatives will still be around in 100 years time, while your jpegs will be unreadable. Please support this very British company.

[@Ilfordphoto]

Thanks Ian

[@inevitablecraftslab]

Exactly THAT !! and instead of the yellow company, Ilford are passionate about their films, not a huge company trying to rip off their customers. definitely Ilford FTW!!!

[@harrystevens3885]

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[@ghosttownsentinel5288]

It was almost a win at the marathon, but looks like you slipped on a banana peel right near the finish line :-(

[@samflintham1360]

@@ghosttownsentinel5288 it’s okay to feel good about your country and culture.

[@ghosttownsentinel5288]

@@samflintham1360 no argues there. But being able to spell the name of the country one is so proud of must be de facto. That's the slippage, which you obviously missed.

[@GoblinHero]

I've been a big fan of your film since I got into film photography, Im so glad to see that its still made in the UK

[@Ilfordphoto]

Thank you. If you don't share with us already then we'd love to see some of your black and white film shots. We are @ilfordphoto on Twitter and Instagram

[@AndrewBigwood101]

I've been looking for a video like this for a couple of days, and although I have seen one or two, this is definitely the most comprehensive one so far. Excellent work.

[@Ilfordphoto]

Thanks Andrew. Glad you found it useful

[@timvickerstaff3670]

I've managed to rekindle my love for film photography and have just purchased a second hand Mamiya C33. Needless to say a roll of Delta 100 is already waiting for it when it arrives.

[@ivaa7777JAWA]

My favorite company!

[@1400photos]

Advanced tip: To make it easy to peel open the backing paper in the darkroom you should fold over the end tab before sticking the glued paper seal on to the roll. This will give you a little edge to pull on to open the film in total darkness. If you are developing your own or taking the film to a lab, you will want to use this trick.

[@Ilfordphoto]

+Andrea McLaughlin This is a great tip, one one that we realised we should have added to the video. Thanks for sharing

[@jameslane3846]

Ohhh, that's why!!! Haha. I always undid the sticky tab in the light and then put it in the changing bag

[@thIDthIRreenactor]

@@Ilfordphoto I have a 1956 tower No.1 120 i bought your black and white film so when you say number one show in your film is that the arrow?

[@buyaport]

Always make sure - especially on cheaper cameras like the Holga, Diana etc. - that the exposed film is wound tight and does not come over the "wheels" of the spool. Otherwise light will come onto the film and at least cause so called light leaks (washed out parts of the picture). In fact many photographers think their camera has light leaks when it is only their own fault as they are not winding the exposed film tightly enough. To wind your film tightly make sure, that the first rounds of backing paper are wound really tight onto the empty spool, when you insert the film. Hold the full spool while winding on the backing paper onto the empty spool. If already the beginning of the film is loose, then the rest cannot be tight! If your camera nevertheless will not wind your film tightly, then make sure to take out the film in absolute darkness (for instance in a camera bag covered with a jacket, when you are outside), and then wind it tight.

[@Ilfordphoto]

+buyaport Thanks for your comment:)

[@SofterSocks]

Hey I know this is a 2 years old comment but thank you! Had this problem with 1 negative (However it ended up looking pretty cool) and thought it was due to light leaks but this could be it! Cheers :)

[@jonathanraven5939]

The Continental T is with out a doubt my favorite Bentley

[@markharris5771]

Paradise a roll of 120 Delta 100, my Bronica ETRSi and looking for a Michael Kenna style shot (I know he shoots 6x6). It is a great advantage of a composite type camera is that you can load several backs at home. However, I rarely complete a roll on one outing which is strange as I can get about 30 digital shots in the same time. My 645 is about as much as I need as I haven’t got a 120 enlarger yet, I'm looking for a Durst 605(?) that can enlarge 35mm and 120. My printing at the moment is digital for this size film though I enlarge 35mm in the darkroom. (Using Ilford chemicals and paper of course).

[@marcrodri1030]

thanks great video

[@andyvan5692]

great video, but a couple of pointers, for the TLR Rolleiflex models have a WARNING here, you MUST not do as shown in this part of the video, you MUST go UNDER the first set of rollers!!!- this allows the camera to 'sense' the film and engage the film counter!!; with Hasselblads, there is a Film flatness bar which you must go under, the red window of the tlr section applies here (to the PLAIN 12-on back), the A-12 loads, and stops at frame 1 automatically; some cameras have darkslides, and 'magasines' be VERY carefull, as some do not allow the slide to be removed when OFF the camera body, hasselblad V series DO let you, so TAG, or add a string on the slide handle, to show there IS film inside, or put this into a bag, or elastic band around the mag. to stop accidental removal of the slide.

[@charlescollymore2036]

A great start form ILFORD but can we have more advanced printing, plus where can we get the MULTIGRADE filters from and do ILFORD still do them

[@rozibern]

Thank you!

[@brandontonka6239]

Great info. Just wish you made 620 film too. Many of my medium format cameras are 620.

[@sistershook7486]

brandon tonka you can use 120 film in 620 cameras it's very easy to do

[@alexcota9811]

thank you thank you thank you

[@danem2215]

I'm not 100% certain about the ETRS backs, but my ETRSi allows you to manually wind the film to 1 without needing to attach it to the camera first. It's pretty useful for having multiple backs ready to go, pre-wound to the first frame.

[@monochrome17]

I want to try Ilford Lab Direct soon to process my 120 film. The problem is that my printer is not working so I cant print the form from the website. Thank you for uploading this short film on 120.

[@Ilfordphoto]

+monochrome17 You can always put a note in instead

[@Sennmut]

Wish they would go back to making color film.

[@chrischambers4023]

I hve just bought a godeck medium for mat camera which appears to load from left to right. I have loaded ilford 120 400 asa film but the frame numbers do not seem to appear in the central red frame aperture. I have wound it right through the camera but no numbers have appeared. does anyone know why this might be?

[@samvelea]

Should it be multiple number ones in a row or should i keep scrolling?

[@annah1523]

Why I doesn’t have the number 1 when i pull the film?

[@ghosttownsentinel5288]

Hi Ilford, I am an avid user of your film. I am wondering what keeps you from putting 220 films in the market? Since film photography is gaining ground once again, it would be good to have such an option as we used to have. There are times when frequently changing rolls in the field is inconvenient.

[@Ilfordphoto]

This is something that we could look at including in our annual ULF campaig. Please can you send this request via the contact -us form on ilfordphoto.com and ask for it to be added to the ULF. If we received enough interest and requested then we will investigate.

[@ghosttownsentinel5288]

@@Ilfordphoto Per your suggestion, I sent it to General and Sales. Thanks

[@MYKELSTEWART]

Hello,I have a ilford sporti,cannot find manual,but got it load or so I thought,when I load it the frames number is upside down,that can't be right can it? Thank you I found this video very helpful thank you

[@Ilfordphoto]

May be worth giving our tech team a quick mail and they'll be able to help. [e-mail]

[@FlemoZ]

@@Ilfordphoto hi I have a similar problem with an old Agifold camera, it loads right to left and all the numbers are consequently upside down and I can’t see any of the numbers in my counter window?? What can I do? Do you make a film that would alleviate this problem? Thanks.

[@Ilfordphoto]

@@FlemoZ It can be difficult in some cameras to read the frame numbers and for us it's a fine balance between getting them dark enough to be read by most with out going too dark so that it leaves an impression on the film.

[@Paul-fm3cf]

At 5:09 you say to tuck under the end of the backing paper... then promptly seal the film WITHOUT tucking it under (or folding it under itself for a better description).

[@oibal60]

'Ta' for this.

[@inabsentia9640]

I did exactly this on my holga but I see the numbers upside down! Is my film ruined?

[@Ilfordphoto]

Don't panic. This is totally normal:)

[@inabsentia9640]

@@Ilfordphoto ah okay im glad, thank you!

[@andyvan5692]

nice and informative video's, But your film processing videos DON'T cover this format of film, so would be nice if you could do one, as it's different to 35 mm and would be nice if we could load this into "our" tanks for developing this ourselves.

[@Ilfordphoto]

Thanks Andy. That is a great idea and one that we'll definitely look at.

[@jameslane3846]

I shoot Ilford only for my black and white. Still experimenting with films and developing methods!

[@Ilfordphoto]

The experimenting is the fun part:) I have my favourites but still experiment with different film and dev combinations. Have you had a look at the info on www.ilfordphoto.com?

[@petervanorsouw2858]

Hi as you say film negitaves will be around in a hundred years, but unfortunately no one is making any real cameras, Ilford did once. Just might be a venture for the future. This may insure that your product will be viable for the future. 📸

[@Ilfordphoto]

Hi Peter. This is something we're aware of and is on our minds. At the moment there are a lot of affordable 2nd hand cameras available which is helping the market, but you are correct a new good quality film camera would be a huge asset.

[@petervanorsouw2858]

@@Ilfordphoto yes it is an idea I have, the Cosina camera company made a camera that went under different names and could mount various brands of lenses. Like the Olympus om2000 camera and there was a Nikon version among others. This would be a way to reintroduce a film camera system. 📸

[@markgicharu]

I really miss film

[@Ilfordphoto]

You know the answer to that don't you? :)

[@markgicharu]

Yes I Do

[@inevitablecraftslab]

Ilford, please do us a favour and make some T-shirts and goodies i can buy :) I made three ilford t-shirts yesterday because i couldn't find Ilford shirts or wearables

[@jlaw8882]

Why don't you sell 220 film stocks?