Having issues with this film in my Diana+, I see no numbers in the frame counter!! How do I know how much to advance to next frame. Kinda bummed out but I guess that’s where experimentation comes in. Too bad this film gets expensive.
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asharnanae
hmmm..... were there no markings on the back of the film roll at all? Was this a film of old or unknown origin? I have never found a 120 film without a vast quantity of markers all over the place for all different types of camera. Is this the first roll you have ever loaded into your diana? If it is, then you would be surprised by just how far you need to wind the roll on before you get to the first frame, I know I was. If its not your first film, Have you always seen film numbers before?
If it is your first film, then there is usually about a foot and half of paper roll to clear before you get to the bit with the film. When you start winding what you should see in the small red film window is: a section that is about 8 inches of blank space, then the word START and some arrows, followed by lines, or dotted lines of some kind, then you get to some arrow head shapes, after all that you get a single large dot, followed closely by a single medium dot, then a single small dot, closely after that should be the number 1, then three more dots and no.2 etc.
If thats not your first film, then it could be worth opening the camera in the dark and feeling to see if the film window is blocked by anything, and that the film is winding onto the take up spool. After that, possibly rewind the film (in the dark) back onto its original spool and check the starting areas in very low light conditions too see if there are in fact any marks on the back of the film. If there are no marks on the film then you will have to guess, but if you can see them, then just rewind it again, load it back into your camera and keep winding until you see them in the little window. it can be worth marking the blank space with some pen cross hatches to make sure the first part of the film is winding, I have had some slide films that have been the devils own job to load and make sure they are winding properly.
Hope that helps. :)
bluzillaone