Topic: March 2020 to March 2022

[AJShepherd]

Back in March 2020, as the UK went into lockdown, I had this ridiculously grandiose idea to take a camera everywhere and get some documentation of stuff. This kind of fell by the wayside over time. I loaded a roll of Ilford FP4+ into my Olympus EE-2, which was maybe a mistake as it took two years to finish it off. So once I'd gone through the 72 shots and narrowed it down a bit, I posted some on my blog, right here.

[Francois]

it took two years to finish it off. So once I'd gone through the 72 shots

You too have been suckered into trying this?
I'm currently staring at a photoblaster that promises 144 shots per roll... yet for some reason I lack the guts to put a 36 exp. in it 😁

[AJShepherd]

I've often found with the 35mm half-frame cameras that I've struggled to finish a whole film in one day when I've been out and about. I guess when they were made 12 and 24 exposure rolls were commonly available and it makes sense in that way.

I do have a half-frame 120 camera (the Bencini Koroll II) and the 24 shots to a roll is pretty manageable.

[Francois]

Yeah, 24 is manageable...
What I've done with half frames is simply burn through the end of the roll to finally process it.
But since I've been bulk loading, I can make short rolls just for those cameras so it's less of a hassle.

[02Pilot]

I just load half frames with whatever I've got - which is usually 36-exposure rolls - knowing full well that it's not getting done in the foreseeable future. Sometimes it takes a year. Whenever I do finish the roll, it's sort of a fascinating process to look at the photos and try to remember when and where I took them.

[Francois]

On the up side, you get to really judge the photos on their own merit as the emotion is really gone by the time you process the film.

[Bryan]

I get about 72 stereo pairs with my View-Master camera on a 36 exposure roll of film.  I usually takes about a year to shoot one roll. 

[Francois]

And then it's hunting for old Mickey Mouse reels to rip apart and mount your own photos in them.

[Bryan]

And then it's hunting for old Mickey Mouse reels to rip apart and mount your own photos in them.

I have a good stock of blank reels.  They are getting expensive now though, glad I got them when I did.

[John Robison]

Have been shooting Olympus half frame since 1971. For B&W, which I have always processed myself if I need to see what I’ve got then, after shooting not less than 10 frames, I advance once, go in darkroom, open back, snip off exposed film and push it onto plastic reel that has had the ball bearings removed and load that into my tank. Flip on lights, trim and reload remaining roll. Sure, you lose a few frames, so that is a trade off. But, you can get around to developing the film if that is necessary or desirable.
Use HC-110 diluted 60:1 as a one shot so not too much wasted developer.
Back in the day, when bulk film was very cheap I short loaded if I didn’t need a lot of exposures but now days…….I’m old and it ain’t the same.