Roger Hesketh
5-Dec-2012, 19:27
Please I would appreciate any suggestions you might have as to how I might process a roll of black and white 122 Roll film? I bought a couple of rolls of it a few years ago when Film for Classics were still doing it. I decided the other night it would be a nice idea to expose a roll of it to try an older camera I have out. Then the penny dropped. I did not know how to process it.
The obvious low tech way would be to dip and dunk it into buckets in the dark. Hold one end of the film in one hand the other in the other hand and draw the film back and forth through the solutions. Unfortunately a few years ago I developed a muscle disorder which affects my arms and legs and makes all such movement extremely painful. I suppose I could get somebody to dip and dunk it under my direction but I would really rather prefer to do such things myself.
Does anybody please know of a spiral that might take such film. For those of you who do not know 122 roll film was used in amongst other cameras various Kodak Autographic cameras and the Graflex 3a SLR. In those cameras a postcard sized negative 3 1/4" x 5 1/2" was produced on roll film. It is a brilliant idea what a shame the film was discontinued in 1971.
In due course as soon as I have worked out a way of preventing scratching to the film emulsion I intend to convert the camera a Graflex 3a to use readily available 120 roll film.
Thanks in advance
Roger
The obvious low tech way would be to dip and dunk it into buckets in the dark. Hold one end of the film in one hand the other in the other hand and draw the film back and forth through the solutions. Unfortunately a few years ago I developed a muscle disorder which affects my arms and legs and makes all such movement extremely painful. I suppose I could get somebody to dip and dunk it under my direction but I would really rather prefer to do such things myself.
Does anybody please know of a spiral that might take such film. For those of you who do not know 122 roll film was used in amongst other cameras various Kodak Autographic cameras and the Graflex 3a SLR. In those cameras a postcard sized negative 3 1/4" x 5 1/2" was produced on roll film. It is a brilliant idea what a shame the film was discontinued in 1971.
In due course as soon as I have worked out a way of preventing scratching to the film emulsion I intend to convert the camera a Graflex 3a to use readily available 120 roll film.
Thanks in advance
Roger