This is how to load 120mm (medium format film) into a Rolleiflex TLR camera. Skip to unloading - 9:53 Medium format film gives much high quality images than standard 120mm, and it's a fun process. Thank you for watching!
Just found my Rolleiflex (just like yours) in a closet from my childhood. Ordered some film and so this video was great for my fuzzy memory of how to use!
Never thought I'd see the day when a young man taught a middle-aged duffer like me how to load a film (grumble, grumble) :D I obviously grew up with film when I started photography about 3000 years ago, but I've only ever used 35mm. However, I just took possession of a Rolleiflex T, and I'd like to give it a spin before I regretfully have to sell it on. Now I know how to load it, so thanks for the tutorial :)
Oh my God! :) Thank you soooooo much for making this thorough video. I just got a similar 2.8 Rollei like yours and got all sweaty and scary while (not knowing how to) loading the film... :/ But with your help, all is safe! Thanks again! ;)
when you load the film, you should pay attention to the stop mark *the double edge arrow, when the arrow is on the red dot, then you should stop rolling and close it right away. not like you said "until it stops you". 8:20
The 24 shot variant is called 220 (no mm involved!) it is on the same size spool, but has no backing papber in back of the actual film, like 120 does... Sadly, for fans of 220, both Kodak and Fuji have stopped making 220...
Nothing about 120 is actually 120mm - the film is (as stated) about 60mm wide, the Rolleiflex negative is 54mm square, the diagonal of that is (about) 76mm, the lens used is a 75 or 80mm... Even when you start using a 6x9 camera (the original 120 film negative, in the Kodak Brownie # 1, followed by a host of others...) the (standard) lens used is a 105mm. (more or less...) The cameras are called "6x6's" for the approximate negative size (in cm...)
Film has different degrees of grain. To say film doesn't have resolution shows a lack of understand of the nature of silver process photography and it's history. Resolution was originally a graphic arts term and was measured line by line. That's what's so great about film photography, the grain pattern is random making each print unique while computer images are perfect copies. Good for money, crap for art.
