 Roger S. |
Number of Exposures Why do I get 25 exposures on a roll of 35mm color-print film labeled "24 exposures"?
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Just lucky I guess. Does it bother you? Some cameras just seem to be able to squeeze and extra frame or two onto a roll.
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Roger S. |
No, Jeff, it doesn't bother me. Just have always wondered how this was possible.
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
Some cameras wind more film on the spool when you load them than others do. It's the ones that only give you 23 exposures that are irritating. ;-)))
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Roger S. |
Ah, so I guess my camera "pushes" 24-exposure film to 25, eh? (I know that's not the correct usage, but there has been so much discussion in Q&A about pushing film that I couldn't resist!) Thanks, Jeff.
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Naomi |
Basically it is probably because you are manually loading the camera and it will allow you to start at the very beginning of the roll of film, unlike many auto winders that use up that "slack" to make sure things are loaded properly... N
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Raphael Chan |
Get the black cloth bag using by dark room, put in the camera and loading film manually inside the bag, winding l frame only, then you are ready to go for 26-exposures- I tried once so far only for fun.
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Michael F. Harrington |
One point others have missed here: The biggest difference is how far apart the take up spool is from the film cannister. Small point & shoot types of cameras will net more frames per roll of film. My old Nikon Nikomat FTn is manually threaded when loading up, so if I pull out too much leader to engage the take-up spool, I will at times end up one frame short at the end. New self-loading cameras can save one frame by being more efficient when loading. The film companies cut and load the film to cover the variety of cameras on the market, and those old timers such as mine that are still around.
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