Topic: re-spooling 35mm film into a 127 roll

[astrobeck]

Hi all!
I wrote an short article about re-spooling 35mm into a 127 roll and placed it in the "articles" section here.

I tried the Uncle Al's trick of putting a 35mm roll directly in my Coronet 4x4 camera, but don't really like the bulge and extra taping needed to make it work.
Plus, my Coronet's winder mechanism is so temperamental, it's not easy to count clicks with the red window taped shut with 35mm loaded in it using the Uncle Al's method.
I really needed a way to see the numbers in the window!

Check out the article and let me know what you think.

[Miles]

Thanks Beck, I found the same issues with my 4-4.

There a good article on Flickr doing it with a Yashica 44 too.

[astrobeck]

Hope you find it useful and easy to follow...

I'm going to try trimming 120 roll backing paper next.

127 is quite pricey, so need a break!

[Francois]

A while ago I made a film slitter to cut 127 from rolls of 120
http://www.filmwasters.com/forum/index.php?topic=3362.0

Since I don't know how long the normal 127 backing paper is (how long the leader is and so on), I haven't tried anything with it...

I guess the 645 markings would be correct... but I don't know.

[astrobeck]

Just measured the entire length of the used Efke backing paper I have and it's 42 inches.

The leader at the beginning that goes to the "start" arrow is 5 inches in length.

Measuring from the "end" marking to the very end of the leader paper is 7 inches.

So, there's about 30 inches of film area in between these two leaders sections.

There's really not much leftover space on the spool after the film and backing paper have been wound on.

[Francois]

Thanks Becky!

Now, all I have to do is figure out a way to cut everything simply in the dark...

[sapata]

Thanks Becky!

Now, all I have to do is figure out a way to cut everything simply in the dark...

Francois, find an exposed film and measure the lengh by placing on the top of the back paper you'll use, do a little "notch" on the backpaper so you know in the dark where the film will end. 

[astrobeck]

Thanks Becky!

Now, all I have to do is figure out a way to cut everything simply in the dark...

Francois, find an exposed film and measure the lengh by placing on the top of the back paper you'll use, do a little "notch" on the backpaper so you know in the dark where the film will end. 

I used a piece of black tape to do the same thing, but I like the notch cutting idea better.  The tape makes the roll thicker and there's not a lot of room for bulk on those spools...

[Diane Peterson]

can't wait to try this...everyone is always so full of good ideas here!