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Developed my first roll of 120 last night. Nothing had prepared me for how much more difficult it is to get the fucker onto the reel than it is with 35mm. Anyway, 2 hours of sweaty hands inside changing bag I finally managed to get it on.
Now, this particular roll of film had been sitting inside my Yashica for about 5 years. I cant even remember if it was already in there when I acquired it, its been that long
I got it out of the loft about a week ago, saw there were 4 frames left so shot them just so I could get a new roll in. I didn't want to throw the thing away cos for all I knew there could have been something good on there.
Anyway, trying to wind the thing onto the reel, i could feel it sticking in places but didn't think much of it. Also, bear in mind that my fingers had been all over this thing by the time I'd managed to get it on so I was expecting scratched negatives at the very least.
When I'd finished developing and peeked into the tank, a massive chunk of the film was white and puffy and pretty much broke off as soon as I handled it. Looked a bit like the leader on 35mm, not sure if this is normal.
Then, as you can see by the photos below, its like the paper backing has been stuck to the emulsion. Only the last 3 frames survived, although on close inspection of the negatives there is a faint hint of the numbers from the paper backing on them too.
Not sure if this is something I've done wrong of if its simply the fact its been sat in the camera for so long.