Comments on: Film Swap

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:09:26 +0000

Ok I am looking for a film swap partner, I can take 35mm, 120mm, 127mm, 620mm, Any large format.

Colour, B&W, Slide

I will swap Infrared 120 konica for same (but must be true infrared)

I have several cameras from top con to 100 year old with petzvel lenses.

please email me on

leebarnett79@live.co.uk

By: yahsheik

yahsheik — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:10:33 +0000

Hey Mark,,Thanks a lot,,i wasn’t aware that you will blog about Film Swapping, i still have a lot of pending films in here from different countries, waiting to be process.

By: ariston

ariston — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:58:47 +0000

Wickedly awesome idea! :)
I just found out (by following the link) that most if not all of his images for film swapping are taken using lomo(graphy) camera not the typical film camera found in most stores in Kuwait.

By: Yousuf

Yousuf — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:38:06 +0000

siick idea!

By: cajie

cajie — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:43:22 +0000

Burhan,
It would be the same for the first person who shot the original film. That’s why photographers always shoot 1 or 2 blank shots to reach the non-exposed part of the film.

But you have to also take into consideration that when the film is finished, it moves completely inside the roll – so you need a tool to pull the film out for re-shooting (or ask a lab to do it for you). Apparently, there is such a device available called a “film leader retriever”

I like the idea and will definitely check it out. The group to do the actual exchange is here.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/film_swap/

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:40:38 +0000

Burhan thats correct.

Now when you mount the used roll the early frames are killed but thats always the case if you swap film or use new film. When you roll the film into your camera you wind it a few times until it gets to 0. The exposed film is located way before you get to 0.

By: Burhan

Burhan — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:28:31 +0000

So — two people shoots rolls of film. They send the undeveloped film to each other, then they load the “used” roll in their cameras and shoot again, and then the print the results.

Did I understand that correctly?

The moment you mount the “used” roll in your camera, doesn’t that completely kill the first few frames from exposure, or am I missing something really obvious here.

By: Kal

Kal — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:05:24 +0000

who the heck thought of that..! it’s an amazing, creative, and fascinating idea.. I took a look at Yahsheik’s photos and they were cool!
thanks for spotting the light on that area Mark ;)

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:09:11 +0000

Duh, thats the whole point!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:07:45 +0000

But what are the chances of getting good results? The only cool thing is being able to take shots over someones film from the other end of the globe, but that’s about it.