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I saw an article awhile ago on how to make your own Redscale film, so I thought I'd share it with you all :)
It’s really simple to do; firstly, get two films and empty the canister by pulling out the entire roll and cut it off leaving about an inch or so on there (seems like a waste I know but it’s worth it), then cut the leader off the other film and sellotape it as neatly as possible to the other film you just cut, just make sure you taped it upside down then go in a darkroom or a changing bag but I did mine just under a blanket and wind the film from one canister into the other.
Once the film’s at the end, you can now pull the film out a little bit and cut it off again leaving an inch or so, so you can use that empty film to do another Redscale without wasting another entire roll. You then just cut a new leader on your reversed film and go out and shoot!
I used 200 film to make my redscale and shot it at 50iso in my LC-A, if you want to use it in another camera such as the Fisheye etc. use 400 film.
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i have some pictures on my profile that i took with my holga this way. i just flipped the film upside down though. i think it was a little underexposed but still fun!
red scale is tight!
but what i did was go to my local photo store and ask for some old film canasters... that way you don't have to wast an entire roll of film...
would it work to: take a whole roll out of its canister, cut it with a few inches to spare and take the long bit and stick it back on the wee bit that will still be on the spool in the canister but the wrong way around?? that way you don't have to waist a whole roll
cool! i must try this! i have a few questions though... do you just take it to your local lab and process as usual? or do you have to sort of warn the lab people that you did such a thing? won't your final photos be mirrored? do you have to tell them that it has a piece of sellotape? sorry for my many questions, i'm just really curious to try this and want to be sure not to mess up :)
mariaratfingers, yes the photos are reversed (which looks great when you look at places you know and hardly recognise them)
I redscaled my film by pulling it out, and folding and taping it.
I always warn the man processing my film of redscale or tape or anything out of the ordinary. it's just common courtesy i think.
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26 comments
lomosexual_manboy
Cool shots. Homemade redscale is super fun. I'm gonna have to shoot another roll again soon.
halfawakehaiku
nice photos.
I don't get this method though. It's easy to redscale using one roll of film. all my redscales have been done that way.
panelomo
next experiment...
klicklack
livvyluv
Stunning!
sibu_sen
Nice! I've been wondering how to go about this…
ilovemydiana
i have some pictures on my profile that i took with my holga this way. i just flipped the film upside down though. i think it was a little underexposed but still fun!
stouf
What a pretty gallery ! Congrats !
dogma
Yes :) i love baking redscale at home!
die_raupe2
very cool
eva_eva
wow. picture no 1 is totally awesome. it's really interesting!
lomo-art
Cool !
nural
I tried this and it really worked!!!
phoenix1206
It's really very cool! Thank you for your tips!!
catfood
smbilgin
Thank you my friend. I tried your method with a roll of Kodak Colorplus 200 and loved it. You can check it on my home..
Thanks again.. :)
sammy_a
would it work to: take a whole roll out of its canister, cut it with a few inches to spare and take the long bit and stick it back on the wee bit that will still be on the spool in the canister but the wrong way around?? that way you don't have to waist a whole roll
watttan
thanks for sharing ;)
mariaratfingers
cool! i must try this! i have a few questions though... do you just take it to your local lab and process as usual? or do you have to sort of warn the lab people that you did such a thing? won't your final photos be mirrored? do you have to tell them that it has a piece of sellotape? sorry for my many questions, i'm just really curious to try this and want to be sure not to mess up :)
buckshot
@sammy_a: Yes, that sounds like a sensible *waist*-slimming solution! ;-)
owalderhaug
I need to try this!! :D
goomba
You can also ask the labto give your canister back, that way you don't need to waste film. ;-)
Excellent tipster!
nola4ever
Awesome! I'm definitely gonna try this!
easykiss
awesome tips！！！！！！！！！！！！！
iamtheju
mariaratfingers, yes the photos are reversed (which looks great when you look at places you know and hardly recognise them)
I redscaled my film by pulling it out, and folding and taping it.
I always warn the man processing my film of redscale or tape or anything out of the ordinary. it's just common courtesy i think.
pasadena85
@dogtanian: how do you tape the film to the rest of the pulled out film ? mens: with what do you tape?