Film developing

Tina,

200 is OK to use with 400 speed film. You might have arrived at that
anyway. I would suggest that you obtain a hand meter to go with your
Rollei. That might be more useful than the camera meter. That is a great
camera by the way.

Frank Rome, NY

Tina wrote:

O.k I"m very familiar with shooting 35mm film, ( I do B&W) developing,
making prints in my darkroom so I made a plunge and bought a Rolleiflex
camera medium format (dated 1955) and I got it today and the ASA only goes
up to 200 speed and I already ordered some 120 Ilford film at a speed of
400, now the question, how should I process it, I usually use D-76 and for
that matter I"m gonna put the camera on 200 speed and shoot away.Anything I
should do special in shooting or developing.....I didn't relize that the ASA
only went up to 200 speed....I'm learning....ever so slowly....thanks for
any info

Tina

The camera doesn't have a built in meter (I metered with my own hand
held)....but I found another problem...I loaded some film and the counter
didn't count to 1 so I found that out and kept advanceing the winder till it
was on the takeup spool so I rewound it to the first spool and just guessed
at where the film was....well I shot the whole roll and 1 picture came out
so it's off to the camera shop tomorrow to see if it can be fixed.....I also
ordered the book by Ian Parker , complete rollei tlr collectors guide so
I'll have that coming....I had no problem focusing at all but I'll have to
see what the camera guy says when he gets it tomorrow hope it can be fixed
or else I might have not done something incorrectly since I have no manual
for it..........it seems like a simple enough camera.....I"ll keep ya posted
with how I"m doing with it...thanks for the advice.
Tina
"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
...
Tina wrote:
O.k I"m very familiar with shooting 35mm film, ( I do B&W) developing,
making prints in my darkroom so I made a plunge and bought a Rolleiflex
camera medium format (dated 1955) and I got it today and the ASA only
goes
up to 200 speed and I already ordered some 120 Ilford film at a speed of
400, now the question, how should I process it, I usually use D-76 and
for



Do you mean the camera has a meter and it only goes to 200? If that's
what you mean I'm going out on a limb and claiming you can just ignore
the
meter. Use a handheld meter. Or if you really want to use the built in
meter then set it at 200 and see what combination of F/stop and shutter
speed it wants you to use. Then either close the aperture one stop or
change
the shutter one speed faster.

OTOH if the camera is some how coupled to the meter and you can't work
around it then I'd suggest just trying the first roll with no changes. You
really should test your setup to find out what your true film speed is.

Nick

The camera doesn't have a built in meter (I metered with my own hand
held)....but I found another problem...I loaded some film and the counter
didn't count to 1 so I found that out and kept advanceing the winder till it
was on the takeup spool so I rewound it to the first spool and just guessed
at where the film was....well I shot the whole roll and 1 picture came out
so it's off to the camera shop tomorrow to see if it can be fixed.....I also
ordered the book by Ian Parker , complete rollei tlr collectors guide so
I'll have that coming....I had no problem focusing at all but I'll have to
see what the camera guy says when he gets it tomorrow hope it can be fixed
or else I might have not done something incorrectly since I have no manual
for it..........it seems like a simple enough camera.....I"ll keep ya posted
with how I"m doing with it...thanks for the advice.
Tina
"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
...
Tina wrote:
O.k I"m very familiar with shooting 35mm film, ( I do B&W) developing,
making prints in my darkroom so I made a plunge and bought a Rolleiflex
camera medium format (dated 1955) and I got it today and the ASA only
goes
up to 200 speed and I already ordered some 120 Ilford film at a speed of
400, now the question, how should I process it, I usually use D-76 and
for



Do you mean the camera has a meter and it only goes to 200? If that's
what you mean I'm going out on a limb and claiming you can just ignore
the
meter. Use a handheld meter. Or if you really want to use the built in
meter then set it at 200 and see what combination of F/stop and shutter
speed it wants you to use. Then either close the aperture one stop or
change
the shutter one speed faster.

OTOH if the camera is some how coupled to the meter and you can't work
around it then I'd suggest just trying the first roll with no changes. You
really should test your setup to find out what your true film speed is.

Nick

If it is a Rolleiflex rather than an Rolleicord, the film needs to go between
the two pinch rollers, or the counter, and auto stop will not work. Not
something that is intuitive to a new user.

--

Tina wrote:

The camera doesn't have a built in meter (I metered with my own hand
held)....but I found another problem...I loaded some film and the counter
didn't count to 1 so I found that out and kept advanceing the winder till it
was on the takeup spool so I rewound it to the first spool and just guessed
at where the film was....well I shot the whole roll and 1 picture came out
so it's off to the camera shop tomorrow to see if it can be fixed.....I also
ordered the book by Ian Parker , complete rollei tlr collectors guide so
I'll have that coming....I had no problem focusing at all but I'll have to
see what the camera guy says when he gets it tomorrow hope it can be fixed
or else I might have not done something incorrectly since I have no manual
for it..........it seems like a simple enough camera.....I"ll keep ya posted
with how I"m doing with it...thanks for the advice.
Tina
"Nick Zentena" wrote in message
...

Tina wrote:

O.k I"m very familiar with shooting 35mm film, ( I do B&W) developing,
making prints in my darkroom so I made a plunge and bought a Rolleiflex
camera medium format (dated 1955) and I got it today and the ASA only

goes

up to 200 speed and I already ordered some 120 Ilford film at a speed of
400, now the question, how should I process it, I usually use D-76 and

for



Do you mean the camera has a meter and it only goes to 200? If that's
what you mean I'm going out on a limb and claiming you can just ignore

the

meter. Use a handheld meter. Or if you really want to use the built in
meter then set it at 200 and see what combination of F/stop and shutter
speed it wants you to use. Then either close the aperture one stop or

change

the shutter one speed faster.

OTOH if the camera is some how coupled to the meter and you can't work
around it then I'd suggest just trying the first roll with no changes. You
really should test your setup to find out what your true film speed is.

Nick

Tina wrote:
The camera doesn't have a built in meter (I metered with my own hand
held)....but I found another problem...I loaded some film and the counter
didn't count to 1 so I found that out and kept advanceing the winder till it
was on the takeup spool so I rewound it to the first spool and just guessed
at where the film was....w

If this is a rolleiflex automat, the most likely thing is
forgetting to feed the backing paper under the first roller.
I've done this myself.

Peter.
--

Tina wrote:
The camera doesn't have a built in meter (I metered with my own hand
held)....but I found another problem...I loaded some film and the counter
didn't count to 1 so I found that out and kept advanceing the winder till it
was on the takeup spool so I rewound it to the first spool and just guessed
at where the film was....w

If this is a rolleiflex automat, the most likely thing is
forgetting to feed the backing paper under the first roller.
I've done this myself.

Peter.
--

It seems that Imight have not fed the film in correctly...so I'll have the
camera guy show me how it's done with film...the camera is a rolleiflex 3.5
mx-evs type 2 according to the ebay seller...so knowing me I probably did
something wrong....hopefully it was me and not the camera's fault....I'll
let ya know after I return from the camera guy....

Tina
"Peter Irwin" wrote in message
...
Tina wrote:
The camera doesn't have a built in meter (I metered with my own hand
held)....but I found another problem...I loaded some film and the
counter
didn't count to 1 so I found that out and kept advanceing the winder
till it
was on the takeup spool so I rewound it to the first spool and just
guessed
at where the film was....w

If this is a rolleiflex automat, the most likely thing is
forgetting to feed the backing paper under the first roller.
I've done this myself.

Peter.
--

It seems that Imight have not fed the film in correctly...so I'll have the
camera guy show me how it's done with film...the camera is a rolleiflex 3.5
mx-evs type 2 according to the ebay seller...so knowing me I probably did
something wrong....hopefully it was me and not the camera's fault....I'll
let ya know after I return from the camera guy....

Tina
"Peter Irwin" wrote in message
...
Tina wrote:
The camera doesn't have a built in meter (I metered with my own hand
held)....but I found another problem...I loaded some film and the
counter
didn't count to 1 so I found that out and kept advanceing the winder
till it
was on the takeup spool so I rewound it to the first spool and just
guessed
at where the film was....w

If this is a rolleiflex automat, the most likely thing is
forgetting to feed the backing paper under the first roller.
I've done this myself.

Peter.
--

Well it does seem I put the film over the roller instead of under the
roller....shot my first roll and the negatives look great....so thanks for
the info and help muchly appreciated!
Tina

"Tina" wrote in message
news:XONLc.504$FZ2.72@lakeread04...
It seems that Imight have not fed the film in correctly...so I'll have the
camera guy show me how it's done with film...the camera is a rolleiflex
3.5
mx-evs type 2 according to the ebay seller...so knowing me I probably did
something wrong....hopefully it was me and not the camera's fault....I'll
let ya know after I return from the camera guy....

Tina
"Peter Irwin" wrote in message
...
Tina wrote:
The camera doesn't have a built in meter (I metered with my own hand
held)....but I found another problem...I loaded some film and the
counter
didn't count to 1 so I found that out and kept advanceing the winder
till it
was on the takeup spool so I rewound it to the first spool and just
guessed
at where the film was....w

If this is a rolleiflex automat, the most likely thing is
forgetting to feed the backing paper under the first roller.
I've done this myself.

Peter.
--

On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:19:31 -0400, "Tina"
wrote:

The camera doesn't have a built in meter (I metered with my own hand
held)....but I found another problem...I loaded some film and the counter
didn't count to 1 so I found that out and kept advanceing the winder till it
was on the takeup spool so I rewound it to the first spool and just guessed
at where the film was....well I shot the whole roll and 1 picture came out
so it's off to the camera shop tomorrow to see if it can be fixed....
....


Jul2404 from Lloyd Erlick,

I've owned two Rollei TLRs. I love those cameras, and
actually still have those two, non-functional.

Unfortunately, one should be a bit of an expert before
buying one. I certainly was not, and paid the price in terms
of camera reliability. It's extremely easy to buy a worn-out
Rollei.

There is a linkage between the film advance and shutter. The
shutter is in the lens, which focuses via movement of the
front of the camera, so the film advance/shutter linkage is
quite complex. The lens must be dismantled to repair any of
this, so optical integrity is involved when certain
mechanical repairs are attempted. I learned all this the
hard (expensive) way. No doubt there are problems I never
encountered...

I'd say if an old Rollei is cheap enough to be attractive,
it may well be too worn. Repairs are insanely expensive,
(unless someone unqualified is involved).

Putting money into a Rollei is for those with expertise.

regards,
--le
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