kelly_hicks1 Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 I just recently purchased a Minolta Autocord CDS III and noticed that at the bottom of each frame of the negatives there are two small rectangular notches (one on each side). Is this normal on certain tlr's to imprint notches on the film? Or the result of improper film rolling in the camera itself? I have heard that Blads may do this but have never heard that Autocords do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_haykin Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 I ran a lab for nearly 30 years and never saw notched 120films. Also, I used Blads for 2 decades, and many of my clentsused Autocords....never a notch. What brands and types offilms are you using? Do you find any film particles in thecamera when unloading? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
art_haykin Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 In other words, did you find any "chad" in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spearhead Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 Some photographers notch their cameras (if the camera is not itself notched) in order to identify the camera that was used. In Magnum photographer Abbas' book <i>Return to Oapan</i>, everything is printed full-frame with the border, and the photographs have one of two distinctive notch patterns. Obviously he used different cameras.<p>I have two cameras from the same manufacturer with notched film gates. They are different bodies and have different notches, and I assume if another body came out, it would have a different notch. Music and Portraits Blog: Life in Portugal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemastre Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 These sorts of notches are often just gaps left when the metal is worked to form the film gate. The cost of eliminating them probably would outweigh the value of their absence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger krueger Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 One of my Mamiya Press backs is notched, and an RZ I rented also had notchs - in both cases crudely filed by a previous owner. The point is, as pointed out, to tell what back a given image came from. This saves a great deal of guessing when a light leak, spacing problem, etc. comes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob F. Posted July 28, 2001 Share Posted July 28, 2001 Hasselblad does notch its backs. Their notches go on the side of the frame, though, not the bottom. My A-12's have two notches about 3/16" apart, centered on the right (rewind key) side. They are small grooves, just large enough to find with the edge of a fingernail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip_babington Posted July 30, 2001 Share Posted July 30, 2001 Technically off topic, but at the other end of the size scale Minox has notched its film gates since the Model C (beginning late '60s or early '70s.) The C, TL and EC models that I have used have notches in different places around the gate, making it easy to identify which type of camera took a particular negative ("easy" being a relative term, considering the size (0.8 x 1.1cm) of the negative.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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