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ricarb173 · Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 10

getting ready for first shoot with 4x5,All the you tube and other videos I watch on loading film say code notch on bottom of right hand corner, The fuji film i have pro160-S says on box emulsion side up when notch in upper right hand corner, is this correct I received this box of film with camera, just want to make sure before i load film holders
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45PSS · Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:55 pm Post subject:

film code notch top right or lower left = emulsion facing you.
film code notch top left or lower right = emulsion is away from you.
any brand, any year of manufacture. industry standard.
http://www.butzi.net/articles/filmload.htm all you need to know.
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pmanzari · Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 24 Location: NYC

The notch is on the top-right hand side of the short side when the when the short side is on top.

45PSS · Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2010 2:01 am Post subject:

Film cameras use two geometric shapes, square and rectangular.
Rectangular is described in two ways, Portrait orientation-shorter sides top and bottom; landscape-longer sides top and bottom.
Edges of the sheet of film or image is refereed to as top or bottom, left, center, or right; sides-left or right followed by top, center or bottom:
Top left, top center, top right; bottom left, bottom center, bottom right; left top, left center, left bottom; right top, right center, right bottom.

These are the terms I learned in the early '70's when I started photography from professional photographers who stated them to be industry standards. I have not found any printed information anywhere to suggest that they are not.
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