Roll Film Holder

Dave Miller · Post by **Dave Miller** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:54 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

What are your perceived advantages or disadvantages in using roll film in a holder over using a sheet of film and cropping the image to the desired format. It seems a bit of a faff to me to have to remove the G.G.S. back to fit a roll film holder after focusing, and presumably between shots. Enlighten me please; I need illuminating.

BarryWilkinson · Post by **BarryWilkinson** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 8:08 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Dave,

I think the main risk is moving the camera whilst you fit the roll film holder. However the great advantage is the choice of film available to you in 120.

Barry

Dave Miller · Post by **Dave Miller** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:06 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Good point Barry, I hadn't thought of that.

IanG · Post by **IanG** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 6:56 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Usually I take a roll film holder as a back up for B&W, so if I'm running low on film in my dark-slides I have an alternative.

If I'm out shooting for a day I can be many miles from base/car and it isn't usually possible to reload dark-slides. I'd once reload in a pub cellar, at Beck Hole, in the North Yorks Moors, turned out the landlady had been a LF shooter herself &b studied with Chris Killip

Alternately just occasionally I prefer the 6x9 format, and when APX25 was available it ws hard to spot the difference between a 6x9 APX25 ned and a 5x4 APX100 negative even printed 20"x30"

Most cameras will accept a roll-film back easily the Wista backs fit under the focus screen, or the older thinner types are sometimes seen on ebay, some people say they don't hold the film as flat though.

Ian