Unloading a finished roll of 120 film

[@filmismorefun]

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[@tobroken1965]

Now this is how great videos are made. Simple direct information. This is whats missing from the fewer and fewer youtubers who are covering film (even though many claim to). Granted, I have been loading and unloading film from all kinds of cameras for years but not everyone has. Tips, tricks, a little how to and some home spun instruction for all skill levels is getting harder to find, at least new stuff. Even as an amateur photographer I suck so a little bit of everything is always great. Your video on flipping the lens for macro is a perfect example, I never though of doing that. 5 Stars

[@filmismorefun]

Hey thanks! Yeah, I remembered wondering this exact thing when I first started medium format, and as simple as any concept might seem, for people who haven't done it yet it can be intimidating. It was for me at least.

[@MaintenanceWithATwist]

Thank you. This is the only video on YT that actually explains it.

[@filmismorefun]

I'm glad to hear you found it helpful 🙂

[@utai4571]

that was SUPER helpfull thank you! i've seen tons of videos and i don't remmember one where you see how to unload the medium format films. i was kinda scared to mess up i'm just starting.

[@filmismorefun]

I'm glad it was helpful! 🙂

[@williamsjbradley]

So that’s how it works. Thanks. I have my grandfather’s old Brownie that I haven’t used due to this exact question. Just ordered a GW690III, so it was time to learn.

[@filmismorefun]

Hey I'm glad the video was helpful. Have fun with the 690III, that's a sweet camera! 🙂

[@francespixel1249]

My goodness, was this info hard to find. Just trying out my grandfather's Kodak FPC 3a and had absolutely no idea how this would work. Thank you!!

[@filmismorefun]

I'm glad you found it helpful. Have fun. 🙂

[@MiriamMorenoBellido]

👏👏👏👏 thank you sooooooo much. I think you ‘re the only one who share this that for someone new in medium format is not so obvious. Very helpful ❤

[@filmismorefun]

@@MiriamMorenoBellido I'm glad you found the video helpful 🙂

[@enrkm85]

I was worried about this and thought that might be how it worked. But seeing it in action is different from just guessing. Very cool camera. Great vid to thanks!

[@filmismorefun]

I'm glad the video was helpful! I wondered this exact thing when I started in medium format, and totally thought I was going to ruin the roll haha.

[@micahsnyder7299]

THANK YOU for making this video. I just got my first medium format, a Kodak Jiffy six-16, and the process for retraining the film was leaving me very confused.

[@filmismorefun]

Hey you're very welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful! 🙂

[@natalyag8518]

WOW, thank you so much, I'm new in 120 format

[@filmismorefun]

Cool! Have fun 🙂

[@maxxmckinney3777]

Exactly what I was looking for, thank you!

[@filmismorefun]

Sure thing. I'm glad it was helpful 🙂

[@effieskitsa]

Thank you so much!!!! I've been trying to find out how to unload the film. Thank you!!!

[@filmismorefun]

You're welcome! I'm glad it was helpful. 🙂

[@lex-su1tx]

omggg i just bought a holga for the first time and I’m so excited to try thanks for this vid 🕺🏽🕺🏽

[@filmismorefun]

Have fun 🙂

[@bassman7290]

Great explaination, thanks!

[@filmismorefun]

I'm glad the video was helpful 👍

[@Anwoth48]

Thanks for this video, I've got an old 1930s 120 bellows camera and couldn't see how to rewind the film....now I know, you don't! I got my answer.

[@filmismorefun]

No prob! I'm glad you found it helpful 🙂

[@theoldcameraguy]

Now that I’ve got a good medium format camera, I don’t miss the fat rolls I sometimes get out of my toy cameras.

[@filmismorefun]

Wait... are you insisting that Holga's are not precision built machines capable of tightly wound take-up rolls? 😉

[@daveifornia]

I'm curious on this kodak film where the numbers on the paper line up compared to the Ansco Shur Shot hole on the back? I was thinking about modifying the back and creating a new hole and putting the red layer to line up with the backing

[@filmismorefun]

That's a great idea. I'm curious to know, if you do it how it works for you.

[@grzegorzradziejewski6114]

Thank you!

[@filmismorefun]

You're welcome

[@isaccros7775]

MY QUESTIONS HAS BEEN ANSWERED!

[@filmismorefun]

Cool! I'm glad the video was helpful 🙂

[@GTDphotography]

Quick question: So the take up spool goes with the film to be developed. Does the empty spool from the used film become the next take up spool?

[@filmismorefun]

Yes exactly

[@eugenuku]

Wait a minute. I was looking for this info but still I do not get it. My camera has its own metal spool. If I roll on that, how am I suppose to keep the original spool? Camera is for 620 but I see you can use 120 so I need to keep the spool. I never used 120. I am a novice but I have few cameras that uses 620.

[@filmismorefun]

@@eugenuku it will wind the film onto the spool in your camera now, and the spool that the film originally came on will be left in the camera.

[@cowboyyoga]

Thank you! it was helpful!

[@filmismorefun]

You're welcome! 🙂

[@maxigava220]

Thanks!

[@petermikus2363]

I have a dillema my camera has a origanal wooden spool but i dont really want to send that one for development

[@filmismorefun]

You can pick up plastic spools on eBay, or is you've already used it just transfer it back by reloading the camera and winding it to the end. 🙂

[@Tejvir7]

Very nice video

[@filmismorefun]

Thanks

[@cecilia1171]

I have a yet to use kodak autographic brownie and wondered if the film would load tightly on the second spool

[@filmismorefun]

Yes it should wind tightly into the second spool.

[@youarenotaghost3702]

I just wanted to make sure. 😎

[@filmismorefun]

I hope your pictures turned out awesome :)

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Great video but what do you do when you have someone’s undeveloped photos from 70+ years ago in yours? Who would develop those? I’m getting interested in film (mainly 8mm and 16mm motion picture film) But My only experience with film cameras is those disposable ones back in the 90s/early 00s when I was a kid, and my older relatives had polaroids. (Which I now own an original 70s/80s onestep aka the old Instagram logo)

[@filmismorefun]

If you wanted to see what's on the roll, you can always send it out to a lab for development like www.thedarkroom.com unless you feel confident trying to develop the roll at home yourself.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

@@filmismorefun thanks!

[@ERoossien]

OK, so I have a 120 film that I altered with clippers to fit the 620 brownie camera. But then it's wrapped up on the original 620 spool of the camera. Do you rewind it back onto the clipped 120 film spool? Or do you before you start shooting toss out the original metal 620 spool?

[@filmismorefun]

In my opinion, I would keep the 620 metal spool for use in the future and not throw it away. As far as putting the shot roll back on the 120 spool, I guess it depends how you plan to develop the clipped exposed roll. (If it's getting sent out to a lab or if you are developing at home)

[@ERoossien]

@@filmismorefun I'll be sending it off to be developed. I don't have enough room for a doka. Maybe in the future. What would be wise?

[@filmismorefun]

@@ERoossien Probably respooling it back onto the 120 roll (and making sure you mark it as 620 film) so they know to spool it in their tank correctly. This way you can keep the 620 metal spool for future use. 🙂

[@jaisidhu5650]

my adhesive strip didnt come loose so I tried to unwrap a tiny bit of it but it just didn't come loose so I just taped it up with masking tape I was wondering if its a common issue with 120 film rolls (first time using kokak portra 400 with yashika flex c tlr)

[@filmismorefun]

Hi there. I do the same thing after shooting a roll just in case. I'll wrap it with making tape because I don't trust the adhesive.

[@harrywyles7468]

How do you get the spool that the used film is wrapped around back? Do you have to wait for the pictures to be developed before you can get the spool back and use the camera again? Thank you.

[@filmismorefun]

Hi there. You won't get the spool back from the roll that you send in to a lab for development. They will either discard or recycle the empty spool. However, there will be an empty spool left over in the camera when shooting is complete, because the roll you loaded will then be moved onto the empty spool on the take-up side as shown in the video. In other words, you need both an empty and a full spool to start, and will be left with both an empty and a full when shooting is complete. The empty spool can be reused for next time. I hope that answers your question. 🙂

[@harrywyles7468]

@@filmismorefun so the spool that comes with the camera itself is discarded? Do you then use the spool that came with the film as a new spool to wrap used film around ? Sorry for so many questions.

[@filmismorefun]

No problem. So, if you don't have an empty spool already in the camera, you will need to purchase one. There are some on eBay or Amazon for a few dollars.

[@xedalpha1]

So it just goes from one spool to another. Simple but ingenious.

[@filmismorefun]

Yep! Super simple 🙂

[@shreepad9410]

Could you roll it back to the original roll

[@filmismorefun]

Sure, but not by reversing the winding motion. You would have to switch the rolls on the spools in-camera, or do it by hand in the dark.

[@shreepad9410]

@@filmismorefun thank you have a great day

[@diycamera2485]

I would like to experience this film at least 1 time in my life.

[@filmismorefun]

Go for it! Medium format is a lot of fun. 🙂

[@tobroken1965]

Well worth it. And if a box camera like shown is your thing, you have a wide variety over the span of many years to pick from, and they are cheap to buy.

[@hasty_polar_bear]

My last film experience was 10 yrs ago and i have taken 10s of 1000s of shots all over the world on digital since then. Till this day it was the most memorable photography experience i ever had.

[@scottfox5270]

Have one of those box camera and like to find film for it and how much will the film cost me? -Retro: Scott Fox

[@filmismorefun]

Hey Scott. 120 film is about $5 a roll on the cheap side, $12 a roll on the higher end.

[@tobroken1965]

I like B & H photo in NY, great variety and helpful with fast shipping.

[@aladinsarsipeus]

So.. you absolutely have to send the entire exposed film with the spool in it to get it developed?

[@filmismorefun]

No, with this style of disposable as you are shooting and advancing each frame, the film is rewinding back into the canister. So when you are finished, you can open the camera up and just send in the rewound roll for development.

[@aladinsarsipeus]

I’m lost. I thought it all got wound up on an empty take up spool.

[@filmismorefun]

If your disposable is like the cartridge style shown in the video, to reload it you'll have to roll up the film, then place it into the canister (in the dark). After the camera is closed back up from reloading and you shoot the film, it gets wound back into the film roll. If that doesn't seem right, it's possible you have a different style then what is used in the video. I hole that helps. 🙂

[@RobMoses]

It's good to make these kind of videos.

[@filmismorefun]

I agree! Sometimes the simplest things we take for granted after we know them can be extremely helpful to someone else.

[@Aloharik]

Thanks i just learned i bought exposed Film from that Flea market haha

[@filmismorefun]

Oh bummer! Well, now you can load up some fresh rolls 🙂

[@xzavionlouis9728]

Soo Where’s the second video ?

[@filmismorefun]

? This video has no second part. Do you mean the video that I referred to at the intro? Its unrelated to this one (except both being about box cameras). But if that is what you're asking about here is a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHmxl2ion72skK8

[@avegailfermindoza507]

Hi the proper translation of that section should be " Have you ever found someone like me? Thats a little different, But a little bit like me" :)

[@18thss]

here after ruining my first roll of 120💔

[@filmismorefun]

Ah bummer. There's always next time! 🙌