strange trouble with Tri-X 120

I've been shooting Tri-X 120 for a long time. About a year ago, I noticed that an occasional roll would come out of the camera with the adhesive tape caught underneath the paper, making it so I can't secure the roll tightly. In the last month or so, though, almost every roll is doing this. I've taken to carry rubber bands with me, which works OK, but it's pretty awkward at times. Anyone else having this problem? Anybody got any ideas? (This is happening with three different cameras--all Fujica 6x9s, one of them brand new--so I don't think the problem is mechanical.) Any and all suggestions welcome.

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David Wharton

I thought 120 always did that. You just carefully roll the end back a

bit and you can grab the strip from underneath. You usually need to

grab the paper end and tug anyway to tighten the roll. I guess I hold

the whole roll tight while I roll the loose end back, now that I

think about it. But that is normal.

I too have this happen and it is not just on B/W film. I just retrieve

the tape, lick it like always and put it on the roll. Never had an

problems to date.

Cheers

Above suggestions to retrieve the tape are correct. My film always

has come off like this. Think about when you've developed 120. The

end of the film is a loooooooong way from the end of the paper.

Worried about fogging the film by unwinding the end of the paper? I

briefly used a lab (Ron Com in DC) for color film that kept fogging

part of the last frame on the roll. Turns out they were unrollig the

roll IN THE LIGHT until the end of the film showed to start loading

it in their processor, then shutting a light tight door. They claimed

it was my camera fogging the frame. As I said, I used them VERY

briefly. Anyway, don't worry about unwinding a couple of inches of

paper.

I got TX rolls without the adhesive tape paper! Something is

happening at kodak these days, and they seem to make their films

cheaper to manufacture.