120 Negative Film Question: I have some 120 processed color film that I have found in my mother's photo collections. It is not negative film, but positive; like slides. They are not...

DeanerNiker Loc: Lakewood, Colorado

I have some 120 processed color film that I have found in my mother's photo collections. It is not negative film, but positive; like slides. They are not cut but still in a roll. Is this very common as I have not seen it before this? As a kid we used to send in 120 film all the time to get developed but it never came back like this. Any help would be appreciated!!

selmslie Loc: Fernandina Beach, FL, USA

120 slide projectors were (are) expensive so it was not uncommon to leave the transparencies uncut and not mounted. This allowed you to decide whether to print any of them without the expense of mounting or printing them all.

If there are any of the shots you really like, I suggest you cut the roll into strips of three shots each and store them in a VueAll sleeve. Then you can have your selection scanned or printed.

DeanerNiker Loc: Lakewood, Colorado

selmslie wrote:

120 slide projectors were (are) expensive so it was not uncommon to leave the transparencies uncut and not mounted. This allowed you to decide whether to print any of them without the expense of mounting or printing them all.

If there are any of the shots you really like, I suggest you cut the roll into strips of three shots each and store them in a VueAll sleeve. Then you can have your selection scanned or printed.

Thank you, I would love to have some prints of them. I wonder if Costco could print them? I may have to go to a pro shop. So you think this is actually 120 slide film?

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

Yes, it's pretty much the same emulsion as slide film. I used to shoot commercial jobs on 120 & 4x5 transparency film.
You would probably have to get them scanned somewhere.

I used to make prints from transparencies on a material called Cibachrome back in the '70's.

DeanerNiker Loc: Lakewood, Colorado

GoofyNewfie wrote:

Yes, it's pretty much the same emulsion as slide film. I used to shoot commercial jobs on 120 & 4x5 transparency film.
You would probably have to get them scanned somewhere.

I used to make prints from transparencies on a material called Cibachrome back in the '70's.

Thanks GoofyNewfie

mtnredhed Loc: The part of NorCal that doesn't move

Chrome's (as were their nickname taken from Kodachrome) in medium or large format made awesome slides, but finding a projector even back then was a challenge. They were mainly used in the commercial (product&fashion) fields so AD's could see them on a light table, and they'd hold up to billboard use. The emulsion would also take retouching while 35mm generally didn't. They were also enthusiasts using it too.

I think you're going to have to find a pro lab to scan. Do it soon. Some of those old color processes didn't age well.

Another thought; I did a large family project on a Epson 4800 scanner that had a full width illuminated lid and neg holders for everything upto 4x5. If you've got enough to make it worth your while, you could look into picking up a scanner. Factor in your time though.

rebride

GoofyNewfie wrote:

I used to make prints from transparencies on a material called Cibachrome back in the '70's.

Used to use Selectol for the developer for Cibachrome prints. Cheaper.
Direct slide to print.

Cibachrome (Ilfochrome) was just discontinued last year.

the hiker Loc: San Diego

I would take it to a pro shop less chance of the film being damaged costco will send it out to get developed anyway.

DeanerNiker Loc: Lakewood, Colorado

Thanks everyone for in info. Huge help. Great bunch of folks on UHH!! :thumbup: :thumbup: Many of the photos are of the farm house that my mother was born in, so very important to me.

Georgews Loc: Wellington, New Zealand

Hi - I used to shoot 120 slides and I got some superslide mounts and projected them on my 35mm projector. You will lose about 1/3rd of the slide size (cropping) but you can cut the film so that the most important part of the image is showing. In some projectors you may also get some vignetting but at least you can project (part of) them

GoofyNewfie Loc: Kansas City

For those who don't know, superslides were mounted 127 size transparency film. They fit in a 35mm projector. Rollei (baby Rollei) and Yashica (44) made twin lens reflex cameras that took this size film. There was even an SLR called a Komaflex: http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Komaflex-S
I'm sure others will chime in with other makes.